BODY AND POWER
 

THROUGH THE ICONOGRAPHY OF THE BLACK BODY, THIS SITE LOOKS AT THE SHIFT IN THE CONCEPT OF SLAVERY UPON THE CONQUEST IN THE AMERICAS. FOUCAULT'S THEORY OF POWER PROVIDES A LENS THROUGH WHICH WE CAN CONSIDER THE BODY AS A SITE OF POWER CONTESTATION.
 
 

  EUROPEAN IMAGES OF THE BLACK BODY
 
 
 

       IMAGES OF SLAVERY IN THE AMERICAS
 

    FOUCAULT'S THEORY OF POWER
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION WE ENCOURAGE LOOKING AT THE BIBLIOGRAPHY SECTION.
 
  Papers:
Performing Docile Bodies by Cleo Godsey
 
 
 
 
 
 

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