Spectacular Suffering
Witnessing Slavery in the Eighteenth-Century British Atlantic
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
| Author: | Ramesh Mallipeddi | ISBN: | 9780813938431 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press | Publication: | April 29, 2016 |
| Imprint: | University of Virginia Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ramesh Mallipeddi |
| ISBN: | 9780813938431 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press |
| Publication: | April 29, 2016 |
| Imprint: | University of Virginia Press |
| Language: | English |
An extended analysis of the intersections between the institutional contexts of slavery and the affective structures of sentiment, Spectacular Suffering considers not only how the enslaved subject is constructed but also how slaves responded to and registered their experiences, creating a measure of autonomy even under the conditions of slavery.
An extended analysis of the intersections between the institutional contexts of slavery and the affective structures of sentiment, Spectacular Suffering considers not only how the enslaved subject is constructed but also how slaves responded to and registered their experiences, creating a measure of autonomy even under the conditions of slavery.
