University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks· 2017· Book chapter
Contested Bodies
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Short summary
Sasha Turner's "Contested Bodies" reveals how the end of the transatlantic slave trade intensified struggles over reproduction among Jamaican slaves and their children.
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Key points
- The end of the transatlantic slave trade intensified control struggles over reproduction for Jamaican slaves.
- Childbearing was central to plantation work organization and slave care practices.
- Reproduction played a key role in the development of slave culture.
- The book focuses on the period after the end of the transatlantic slave trade.
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Abstract
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.
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Field: Cultural Studies
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