{"product_id":"domestic-captivity-and-the-british-catherine-ingrassia-9780813948096","title":"Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Britain, captivity emerged as a persistent metaphor as well as a material reality. The exercise of power on both an institutional and a personal level created conditions in which those least empowered, particularly women, perceived themselves to be captive subjects. This \"domestic captivity\" was inextricably connected to England's systematic enslavement of kidnapped Africans and the wealth accumulation realized from those actions, even as early fictional narratives suppressed or ignored the experience of the enslaved. \u003ci\u003eDomestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750\u003c\/i\u003e explores how captivity informed identity, actions, and human relationships for white British subjects as represented in fictional texts by British authors from the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work complicates interpretations of canonical authors such as Aphra Behn, Richard Steele, and Eliza Haywood and asserts the importance of authors such as Penelope Aubin and Edward Kimber. Drawing on the popular press, unpublished personal correspondence, and archival documents, Catherine Ingrassia provides a rich cultural description that situates literary texts from a range of genres within the material world of captivity. Ultimately, the book calls for a reevaluation of how literary texts that code a heretofore undiscussed connection to the slave trade or other types of captivity are understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Ingrassia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813948096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813948096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023","brand":"Catherine Ingrassia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075433066751,"sku":"9780813948096","price":39.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_337a0281-87b9-44de-ab07-5a2ace6e713e.jpg?v=1685459392","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/domestic-captivity-and-the-british-catherine-ingrassia-9780813948096","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}