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Author:

Iyengar, Sujata.

Title:

Shades of difference : mythologies of skin color in early modern England / Sujata Iyengar.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

x, 307 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
Race in literature.
Literature and society--England--History--16th century.
Literature and society--England--History--17th century.
Human skin color--Social aspects--England.
Difference (Psychology) in literature.
Human skin color in literature.
Mythology in literature.
Blacks in literature.
England--History--History--16th century.
England--History--History--17th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-297) and index.

Contents:

Pictures of Andromeda naked -- Thirteen ways of looking at a Black bride -- Masquing race -- Heroic blushing -- Blackface and blushface -- Whiteness as sexual difference -- Artificial Negroes -- Suntanned slaves -- Experiments of colors -- Afterword : Nancy Burson's Human race machine.

ISBN:

9780812238327 (acid-free paper)
081223832X (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55494866

LCCN:

2004052022

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)