UID:
almahu_9949747554002882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 262 pages ) :
,
illustrations (some color).
ISBN:
9781003217978
,
1003217974
,
9781003837343
,
1003837344
,
9781003837367
,
1003837360
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in the history of the Americas ; 39
Content:
"White women who inhabited the West Indies in the eighteenth century fascinated metropolitan observers. In popular prints, novels, and serial publications, these women appeared to stray from "proper" British societal norms. Although many women who lived in the Caribbean island of Jamaica might have fit the model, extant writings from Ann Brodbelt, Sarah Dwarris, Margaret and Mary Cowper, Lady Maria Nugent, and Ann Appleton Storrow, show a longing to remain connected with metropolitan society and their loved ones separated by the Atlantic. Sensibility and awareness of metropolitan material culture masked a lack of empathy towards subordinates, and opened the white women these islands to censure. Novels and popular publications portrayed white women in the Caribbean as prone to overconsumption, but these women seem to prize items not for their inherent value. They treasured items most when they came from beloved connections. This colonial interchange forged and preserved bonds with loved ones and comforted the women in the West Indies during their residence in these sugar plantation islands. This monograph seeks to complicate the stereotype of insensibility and overconsumption that characterized the perception of white women who inhabited the British West Indies in the long eighteenth century. This book will appeal to students and researchers alike interested in the social and cultural history of British Jamacia and the British West Indies more generally"--
Note:
White women in eighteenth-century Jamaica -- Jamaican women in sentimental novels and other literature -- The Brodbelt family of Jamaica -- Loyalists in Jamaica: the Cowper and Storrow families -- "Lively colours & shewy": middling and poorer white families in eighteenth-century Jamaica -- Self-fashioning and material goods: the case of Lady Maria Nugent.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Northrop, Chloe. Fashioning society in eighteenth-century British Jamaica New York, NY : Routledge, 2024 ISBN 9781032109718
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003217978
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003217978
