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Slavery at sea terror, sex, and sickness in the Middle Passage

Title
Slavery at sea [electronic resource] : terror, sex, and sickness in the Middle Passage / Sowande' M. Mustakeem.
Author
Mustakeem, Sowande' M., 1978-
Publication
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016]

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Details

Description
1 online resource (xvii, 262 pages) : illustrations, map.
Series Statement
The new Black studies series
Uniform Title
  • Slavery at sea (Online)
  • New Black studies series.
Alternative Title
Slavery at sea (Online)
Subject
  • Slave ships > Atlantic Ocean
  • Slave trade > Atlantic Ocean Region
  • Enslaved persons > Violence against > Atlantic Ocean
  • Enslaved persons > Health and hygiene > Atlantic Ocean
  • Enslaved women > Atlantic Ocean Region
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-247) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: Middle Passage studies and the birth of slavery at sea -- Waves of calamity -- Imagined bodies -- Healthy desires, toxic realities -- Blood memories -- Battered bodies, enfeebled minds -- The anatomy of suffering -- A tide of bodies -- Epilogue: The Frankenstein of slavery: a meditation on memory.
LCCN
2016020650
OCLC
ssj0001732194
Author
Mustakeem, Sowande' M., 1978-
Title
Slavery at sea [electronic resource] : terror, sex, and sickness in the Middle Passage / Sowande' M. Mustakeem.
Imprint
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016]
Series
The new Black studies series
New Black studies series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-247) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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