Mythologies of Skin Color in Early Modern England
by
Sujata Iyengar
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Was there such a thing as a modern notion of race in the English Renaissance, and, if so, was skin color its necessary marker? In fact, early modern texts described human beings of various national origins—including English—as turning white, brown, tawny, black, green, or red for any number of...