Exquisite slaves : race, clothing, and status in colonial Lima /

In 'Exquisite Slaves', Tamara J. Walker examines how slaves used elegant clothing as a language for expressing attitudes about gender and status in the wealthy urban center of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Lima, Peru. Drawing on traditional historical research methods, visual studies,...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Walker, Tamara J., 1978- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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