Exquisite slaves : race, clothing, and status in colonial Lima

Exquisite slaves : race, clothing, and status in colonial Lima / Tamara J. Walker.

"Tamara J. Walker examines how slaves used elegant clothing as a language for expressing attitudes about gender and status in the wealthy urban center of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Lima, Peru, showcasing the insistence and ingenuity with which slaves dressed to convey their own sense of...

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Main Author: Walker, Tamara J., 1978-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Edition:First paperback edition
Subjects:
Clothing and dress > Social aspects > Peru > Lima > History > 18th century.
Black people > Clothing > Peru > Lima > History > 18th century.
Slaves > Clothing > Peru > Lima > History > 18th century.
Black people > Race identity > Peru > Lima > History.
Lima (Peru) > Social life and customs > 18th century.
History.
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Call Number: F3601.9.B55 W35 2019
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