Dispossessed Lives: Enslaved Women, Violence, and the Archive (Early American Studies)
Dispossessed Lives explores enslaved women, violence, and the archive within early American studies. Marisa J. Fuentes considers how historical records shape the recovery and interpretation of lives marked by enslavement, gendered power, and dispossession, offering a focused contribution to scholarship on history, memory, and archival representation.
About This Book
Dispossessed Lives examines the historical experiences of enslaved women through the intertwined subjects of violence and archival records.
The book focuses on how archives document, frame, and limit knowledge about lives shaped by enslavement and dispossession.
Situated within early American studies, it offers a scholarly perspective on gender, power, and historical memory.
Marisa J. Fuentes centers the challenges of recovering the histories of enslaved women from the archive.
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