Senior, Emily (2010) "Perfectly whole": skin and teeth in John Gabriel Stedman's "Narrative of a five years expedition against the revolted negroes of Surinam". Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.44 (No.1). 39-+. doi:10.1353/ecs.2010.0017 ISSN 0013-2586.

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Abstract

Most commonly associated with the striking engravings by William Blake which embellished its 1796 publication, John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative has much to offer scholars of colonial history and literature beyond this connection. This paper reads Stedman's account of military life in the troubled Dutch colony of Suriname in terms of his fascination with the effects of the turbulent colonial environment on skin. As the point of convergence for social narratives of the body in terms of beauty, feeling, health, and race, skin becomes the motif through which Stedman makes sense of the disease and death which surround him.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	A General Works > AZ History of Scholarship The Humanities
Divisions:	Other > Institute of Advanced Study Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies
Journal or Publication Title:	Eighteenth-Century Studies
Publisher:	The Johns Hopkins University Press
ISSN:	0013-2586
Official Date:	2010
Dates:	Date Event 2010 UNSPECIFIED
Volume:	Vol.44
Number:	No.1
Number of Pages:	19
Page Range:	39-+
DOI:	10.1353/ecs.2010.0017
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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