Corps, couleur et sexualité : plaçage et quarteronnes à la Nouvelle-Orléans au xixe siècle
In plantation societies of the Americas, body and slavery have always been intricately linked. The slave’s body was always in full view, whether in the fields or at the auction block. It was sometimes the slave’s identity card, in the fugitive slave notices masters published in the newspapers. It wa...
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| description | In plantation societies of the Americas, body and slavery have always been intricately linked. The slave’s body was always in full view, whether in the fields or at the auction block. It was sometimes the slave’s identity card, in the fugitive slave notices masters published in the newspapers. It was always a symbol of sexuality, exoticism, and sin. The question of the representation of the body in slave societies offers an unlimited source of discussion. The present article is a case study of the construction of a myth, that of plaçage in New Orleans. Through a historiographical discussion, it examines the construction of the myth, its origins, and analyses what the perception and representation of the body in slave societies reveal. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fd8876e3e90b4c1f85385f763aeb681b2025-01-09T15:43:40ZengUMR 5136- France, Amériques, Espagne – Sociétés, Pouvoirs, Acteurs (FRAMESPA)Les Cahiers de Framespa1760-47612016-07-012210.4000/framespa.3986Corps, couleur et sexualité : plaçage et quarteronnes à la Nouvelle-Orléans au xixe siècleNathalie DessensIn plantation societies of the Americas, body and slavery have always been intricately linked. The slave’s body was always in full view, whether in the fields or at the auction block. It was sometimes the slave’s identity card, in the fugitive slave notices masters published in the newspapers. It was always a symbol of sexuality, exoticism, and sin. The question of the representation of the body in slave societies offers an unlimited source of discussion. The present article is a case study of the construction of a myth, that of plaçage in New Orleans. Through a historiographical discussion, it examines the construction of the myth, its origins, and analyses what the perception and representation of the body in slave societies reveal.https://journals.openedition.org/framespa/3986New Orleansracial mixingquadroonplaçagemyth |
| spellingShingle | Nathalie Dessens Corps, couleur et sexualité : plaçage et quarteronnes à la Nouvelle-Orléans au xixe siècle Les Cahiers de Framespa New Orleans racial mixing quadroon plaçage myth |
| title | Corps, couleur et sexualité : plaçage et quarteronnes à la Nouvelle-Orléans au xixe siècle |
| title_full | Corps, couleur et sexualité : plaçage et quarteronnes à la Nouvelle-Orléans au xixe siècle |
| title_fullStr | Corps, couleur et sexualité : plaçage et quarteronnes à la Nouvelle-Orléans au xixe siècle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Corps, couleur et sexualité : plaçage et quarteronnes à la Nouvelle-Orléans au xixe siècle |
| title_short | Corps, couleur et sexualité : plaçage et quarteronnes à la Nouvelle-Orléans au xixe siècle |
| title_sort | corps couleur et sexualite placage et quarteronnes a la nouvelle orleans au xixe siecle |
| topic | New Orleans racial mixing quadroon plaçage myth |
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