'Black But Human': Slavery and Visual Arts in Hapsburg Spain, 1480-1700

by Carmen Fracchia

'Black but Human' is the first study to focus on the visual representations of African slaves and ex-slaves in Spain during the Hapsburg dynasty. The Afro-Hispanic proverb 'Black but Human' is the main thread of the six chapters and serves as a lens through which to explore the ways in which a certain visual representation of slavery both embodies and reproduces hegemonic visions of enslaved and liberated Africans, and at the same time provides material...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198767978
• ISBN13: 9780198767978
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"