| Author/Contributor(s): | Smith, Sean Morey ; Willoughby, Christopher ; Berry, Chelsea ; Derby, Robin ; Fett, Sharla ; Gamble, Vanessa Northington ; Hicks, Mary ; Hogarth, Rana ; Lockley, Tim ; Mitchell, Elisa A ; Owens, Deirdre Cooper ; Schwalm, Leslie ; Waters, Brandi M |
| Publisher: | LSU Press |
| Date: | 11/10/2021 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
CONTENTS:
Foreword, Vanessa Northington Gamble "Introduction: Healing and the History of Medicine in the Atlantic World," Sean Morey Smith and Christopher D. E. Willoughby "Zemis and Zombies: Amerindian Healing Legacies on Hispaniola," Lauren Derby "Poisoned Relations: Medical Choices and Poison Accusations within Enslaved Communities," Chelsea Berry "Blood and Hair: Barbers, Sangradores, and the West African Corporeal Imagination in Salvador da Bahia,1793-1843," Mary E. Hicks "Examining Antebellum Medicine through Haptic Studies," Deirdre Cooper Owens "Unbelievable Suffering: Rethinking Feigned Illness in Slavery and the Slave Trade," Elise A. Mitchell "Medicalizing Manumission: Slavery, Disability, and Medical Testimony in Late Colonial Colombia,"
Brandi M. Waters "A Case Study in Charleston: Impressions of the Early National Slave Hospital," Rana A. Hogarth "From Skin to Blood: Interpreting Racial Immunity to Yellow Fever," Timothy James Lockley "Black Bodies, Medical Science, and the Age of Emancipation," Leslie A. Schwalm "Epilogue: Black Atlantic Healing in the Wake," Sharla M. Fett