Contested Bodies: Pregnancy, Childrearing, and Slavery in Jamaica
Sasha TurnerContested Bodies explores how the end of the transatlantic trade impacted Jamaican slaves and their children. Examining the struggles for control over biological reproduction, Turner shows how central childbearing was to the organization of plantation work, the care of slaves, and the development of their culture.
Contested Bodies explores how the end of the transatlantic trade impacted Jamaican slaves and their children. Examining the struggles for control over biological reproduction, Turner shows how central childbearing was to the organization of plantation work, the care of slaves, and the development of their culture.
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Year:
2017
Publisher:
University of Pennsylvania Press
Language:
english
Pages:
328
ISBN 10:
081229405X
ISBN 13:
9780812294057
File:
PDF, 3.05 MB
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english, 2017