Racial hand in the victorian imagination, the
Auteur :
Briefel, Aviva
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107538917
Date de publication :
19 oct. 2017
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,4 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
360 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The hands of colonized subjects were vital sites of fascination and interpretation in late-Victorian imperial narratives. The book considers accounts of fingerprinting, amputation, disease, manual labor, and mummification as central examples of the racial significance assigned to hands around the fin de siècle.