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The smell of slavery : olfactory racism and the Atlantic world / Andrew Kettler, University of California, Los Angeles.

Author/creator Kettler, Andrew author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Copyright Notice ©2020
Descriptionxxvii, 229 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Slavery--Social aspects --Atlantic Ocean Region.
Smell--Social aspects --History.
Odor--Social aspects --History.
Black people--Atlantic Ocean Region --Social conditions.
Slave trade--Atlantic Ocean Region --History.
Racism--History.
Atlantic Ocean Region--Race relations --History.
Portion of title Olfactory racism and the Atlantic world
Contents Preface : Making scents of the Middle Passage -- Introduction : Pecunia non olet -- The primal scene : ethnographic wonder and aromatic discourse -- Triangle trading on the pungency of race -- Ephemeral Africa : essentialized odors and the slave ship -- "The sweet smell of vengeance" : olofactory resistance in the Atlantic world -- Conclusion : Race, nose, truth.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Kettler, Andrew, The smell of slavery. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2020] 9781108854740
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2019057477
ISBN9781108490733
ISBN1108490735 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book

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