The Smell of Slavery: Olofactory Racism and the Atlantic World
- ISBN-10
- 1108854745
- ISBN-13
- 9781108854740
- Category
- Atlantic Ocean Region
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020
- Author
- Andrew Kettler
Description
Fascinating, informative, and deeply researched, The Smell of Slavery exposes that concerns with pungency within the Western self were emitted outward upon the freshly dug outhouse of the mass slave grave called the Atlantic World.
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- 2020-05-31
- 248 pages
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