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Author:

Putzi, Jennifer.

Title:

Identifying marks : race, gender, and the marked body in nineteenth-century America / Jennifer Putzi.

Publisher:

University of Georgia Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xii, 195 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Body, Human, in literature.
Branding (Punishment)--United States.
Tattooing--United States.
Sex role in literature.
Race in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-190) and index.

Contents:

Index. Acknowledgments -- Introduction : "Carved in flesh" -- 5. Capturing identity in ink : tattooing and the white captive -- 2. "Burning into the bone" : romantic love and the marked woman -- 3. "Tattooed still" : the inscription of female agency -- 4. "The skin of an American slave" : the mark of African American manhood in abolitionist literature -- 5. "Raising the stigma" : African American women and the corporeal legacy of slavery -- Epilogue : Tattooed ladies -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.

ISBN:

082032812X
9780820328126
9780820328126 (alk. paper)
082032812X (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005030335

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)