History and Archaeology, History, Specific Events and Topics, Social and Cultural History

The Cultural Politics of Blood, 1500-1900

Kimberly Anne Coles (editor-in-chief), Ralph Bauer (editor-in-chief), Zita Nunes (editor-in-chief), Carla L. Peterson (editor-in-chief)

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Synopsis

The essays of this collection explore how ideas about 'blood' in science and literature have supported, at various points in history and in various places in the circum-Atlantic world, fantasies of human embodiment and human difference that serve to naturalize existing hierarchies.

Publisher information

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN: 9781137338204
Number of pages: 274
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 23 mm
Weight: 4679g
Languages: English