Re-visualizing Slavery (Paperback)
Nancy Jouwe
ISBN 10: 9460220118 ISBN 13: 9789460220111
Published by KIT Publishers, Amersterdam, 2021
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Paperback. In Re-visualizing Slavery, historians, heritage specialists, and cultural scientists shed new light on the history of slavery in Asia by centering visual sourcesspecifically, Dutch paintings, watercolors and drawings from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. The traditional image of slavery in Asia is shaped and dominated by terms such as mild, debt, and household, but new historical research that utilizes the versatility, power of expression, and silences of and within visual sources explicitly points to it as violent and harsh in charactercomparable to the Atlantic history of slavery. In Re-visualizing Slavery, historians, heritage specialists, and cultural scientists shed new light on the history of slavery in Asia by centering visual sourcesspecifically, Dutch paintings, watercolors and drawings from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9789460220111
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In Re-visualizing Slavery, historians, heritage specialists, and cultural scientists shed new light on the history of slavery in Asia by centering visual sources―specifically, Dutch paintings, watercolors and drawings from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. The traditional image of slavery in Asia is shaped and dominated by terms such as 'mild,' 'debt,' and 'household,' but new historical research that utilizes the versatility, power of expression, and silences of and within visual sources explicitly points to it as violent and harsh in character―comparable to the Atlantic history of slavery.
About the Author:
Nancy Jouwe is a cultural historian and independent researcher, public speaker, writer, and lecturer. Wim Manuhutu is a historian, heritage specialist, and lecturer at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Matthias van Rossum is a historian and senior researcher and Merve Tosun is a historian, both at the International Institute of Social History.
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Title: Re-visualizing Slavery (Paperback)
Publisher: KIT Publishers, Amersterdam
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new