Nineteenth-century visions of race : British travel writing about America /: British travel writing about America. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Justyna Fruzińska.
• Authors: Fruzińska, Justyna, 1984-
• Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction The visitors Transatlantic relations in the early 19th century The discourse of travel writing Chapter One: Nineteenth-Century Conceptions of Race The beginnings of racial science Attitudes towards blacks and Native Americans Chapter Two: Touring the Land of the Unfree The South, the North, and abolitionism Objective observers Essentialist views of race Nineteenth-century racial hierarchies Chapter Three: Children of the Forest, Noble and Ignoble Savages: Encounters with Native Americans Sympathy for the oppressed Savages noble and ignoble: the double image Doomed to extinction Extremes of contempt Chapter Four: Gazing at Racialized Bodies Seeking esthetic pleasure The ugly, the grotesque, the animal Performing race Speaking for itself? Conclusion Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 809.93352; Travelers' writings, English -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Race in literature; Travelers' writings, English -- United States; United States -- Description and travel; United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000484946; 9781000484861; 9781003226901
• Related ISBNs: 9781032129327
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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