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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kettler, Andrew (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Slavery > Social aspects > Atlantic Ocean Region.
Smell > Social aspects > History.
Odor > Social aspects > History.
Black people > Atlantic Ocean Region > Social conditions.
Atlantic Ocean Region > Race relations > History.
Slave trade > Atlantic Ocean Region > History.
Racism > History.
Black people > Social conditions.
Race relations.
Racism.
Slave trade.
Slavery > Social aspects.
Smell > Social aspects.
Atlantic Ocean Region.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xxvii, 229 pages ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Olfactory racism and the Atlantic world
Format: Book
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.