The Resource Dispossessed lives : enslaved women, violence, and the archive, Marisa J. Fuentes
Dispossessed lives : enslaved women, violence, and the archive, Marisa J. Fuentes
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- Summary
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- Vividly recounting the lives of enslaved women in eighteenth-century Bridgetown, Barbados, and their conditions of confinement through urban, legal, sexual, and representational power wielded by slave owners, authorities, and the archive, Marisa J. Fuentes challenges how histories of vulnerable and invisible subjects are written
- In the eighteenth century, Bridgetown, Barbados, was heavily populated by both enslaved and free women. Though their stories appear only briefly in historical records, Marisa J. Fuentes creates a portrait of urban Caribbean slavery in this colonial town from the perspective of these women. Fuentes takes us through the streets of Bridgetown with an enslaved runaway, inside a brothel run by a freed woman of color, in the midst of a white urban household in sexual chaos, to the gallows where enslaved people were executed, and with violent scenes of enslaved women's punishments. In the process, Fuentes interrogates the archive and its historical production to expose the ongoing effects of white colonial power that constrain what can be known about these women. Combining fragmentary sources with interdisciplinary methodologies that include black feminist theory and critical studies of history and slavery, Dispossessed lives demonstrates how the construction of the archive marked enslaved women's bodies, in life and in death. By vividly recounting enslaved life through the experiences of individual women and illuminating their conditions of confinement through the legal, sexual, and representational power wielded by slave owners, colonial authorities, and the archive, Fuentes challenges the way we write histories of vulnerable and often invisible subjects. -- Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Contents
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- Jane : fugitivity, space, and structures of control in Bridgetown
- Rachael and Joanna : power, historical figuring, and troubling freedom
- Agatha : white women, slave owners, and the dialectic of racialized gender
- Molly : enslaved women, condemnation, and gendered terror
- "Venus" : abolition discourse, gendered violence, and the archive
- Isbn
- 9780812293005
- Label
- Dispossessed lives : enslaved women, violence, and the archive
- Title
- Dispossessed lives
- Title remainder
- enslaved women, violence, and the archive
- Statement of responsibility
- Marisa J. Fuentes
- Subject
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- Biographies
- Biography
- Bridgetown (Barbados) -- Ethnic relations | History -- 18th century
- Caribbean Area
- Electronic books
- Ethnic relations
- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
- Slavery
- Slavery -- Barbados | Bridgetown -- History -- 18th century
- Slavery -- Caribbean Area -- History
- Slavery -- Caribbean Area -- History -- Sources
- Sources
- Women -- Barbados | Bridgetown -- Social conditions -- 18th century
- Women -- Social conditions
- Women slaves
- Women slaves -- Barbados | Bridgetown -- Social conditions -- 18th century
- Women slaves -- Caribbean Area -- Biography
- Women slaves -- Social conditions
- 1700-1799
- Barbados -- Bridgetown
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Vividly recounting the lives of enslaved women in eighteenth-century Bridgetown, Barbados, and their conditions of confinement through urban, legal, sexual, and representational power wielded by slave owners, authorities, and the archive, Marisa J. Fuentes challenges how histories of vulnerable and invisible subjects are written
- In the eighteenth century, Bridgetown, Barbados, was heavily populated by both enslaved and free women. Though their stories appear only briefly in historical records, Marisa J. Fuentes creates a portrait of urban Caribbean slavery in this colonial town from the perspective of these women. Fuentes takes us through the streets of Bridgetown with an enslaved runaway, inside a brothel run by a freed woman of color, in the midst of a white urban household in sexual chaos, to the gallows where enslaved people were executed, and with violent scenes of enslaved women's punishments. In the process, Fuentes interrogates the archive and its historical production to expose the ongoing effects of white colonial power that constrain what can be known about these women. Combining fragmentary sources with interdisciplinary methodologies that include black feminist theory and critical studies of history and slavery, Dispossessed lives demonstrates how the construction of the archive marked enslaved women's bodies, in life and in death. By vividly recounting enslaved life through the experiences of individual women and illuminating their conditions of confinement through the legal, sexual, and representational power wielded by slave owners, colonial authorities, and the archive, Fuentes challenges the way we write histories of vulnerable and often invisible subjects. -- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- IDEBK
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fuentes, Marisa J
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Text in English
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Early American studies
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women slaves
- Women
- Slavery
- Bridgetown (Barbados)
- Slavery
- Slavery
- Women slaves
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Ethnic relations
- Slavery
- Women slaves
- Women slaves
- Women
- Barbados
- Caribbean Area
- Label
- Dispossessed lives : enslaved women, violence, and the archive, Marisa J. Fuentes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Jane : fugitivity, space, and structures of control in Bridgetown -- Rachael and Joanna : power, historical figuring, and troubling freedom -- Agatha : white women, slave owners, and the dialectic of racialized gender -- Molly : enslaved women, condemnation, and gendered terror -- "Venus" : abolition discourse, gendered violence, and the archive
- Control code
- ocn951076737
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780812293005
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.9783/9780812293005
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 926313
- 22573/ctt1c595m8
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)951076737
- Label
- Dispossessed lives : enslaved women, violence, and the archive, Marisa J. Fuentes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Jane : fugitivity, space, and structures of control in Bridgetown -- Rachael and Joanna : power, historical figuring, and troubling freedom -- Agatha : white women, slave owners, and the dialectic of racialized gender -- Molly : enslaved women, condemnation, and gendered terror -- "Venus" : abolition discourse, gendered violence, and the archive
- Control code
- ocn951076737
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780812293005
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.9783/9780812293005
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 926313
- 22573/ctt1c595m8
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)951076737
Subject
- Biographies
- Biography
- Bridgetown (Barbados) -- Ethnic relations | History -- 18th century
- Caribbean Area
- Electronic books
- Ethnic relations
- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
- Slavery
- Slavery -- Barbados | Bridgetown -- History -- 18th century
- Slavery -- Caribbean Area -- History
- Slavery -- Caribbean Area -- History -- Sources
- Sources
- Women -- Barbados | Bridgetown -- Social conditions -- 18th century
- Women -- Social conditions
- Women slaves
- Women slaves -- Barbados | Bridgetown -- Social conditions -- 18th century
- Women slaves -- Caribbean Area -- Biography
- Women slaves -- Social conditions
- 1700-1799
- Barbados -- Bridgetown
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