Contested Bodies: Pregnancy, Childrearing, and Slavery in Jamaica
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Contested Bodies: Pregnancy, Childrearing, and Slavery in Jamaica
$320.00
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Contested Bodies explores how the end of the transatlantic trade impacted Jamaican slaves and their children. Examining the struggles for control over biological reproduction, Turner shows how central childbearing was to the organization of plantation work, the care of slaves, and the development of their culture.
Author(s): Sasha Turner
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2017-06-20
Pages: 328
Categories: Family & Relationships