Shades of Difference: Mythologies of Skin Color in Early Modern England by Sujata Iyengar

Shades of Difference: Mythologies of Skin Color in Early Modern England

Sujata Iyengar

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Was there such a thing as a modern notion of race in the English Renaissance, and, if so, was skin color its necessary marker? In fact, early modern texts described human beings of various national origins--including English--as turning white, bro...

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