Transatlantic Spectacles of Race

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"An engaging, rich, and provocative work that re-directs 'mixed-race' studies back to its complex archival and historical roots, Manganelli's book challenges readers to consider the deeply imbricated, transnational production of 19th century racial and gender mythologies." - Daphne Brooks (Princeton University) "An engaging, rich, and provocative work that re-directs 'mixed-race' studies back to its complex archival and historical roots, Manganelli's book challenges readers to consider the deeply imbricated, transnational production of 19th century racial and gender mythologies." - Daphne Brooks (Princeton University) "Manganelli's clear, engaging writing will captivate readers of nineteenth and early twentieth-century British and American literature. This book provides a powerful and lucid model for scholars and students interested in transatlantic work."
- Cherene Sherrard-Johnson (author of Portraits of the New Negro Woman) "Manganelli's clear, engaging writing will captivate readers of nineteenth and early twentieth-century British and American literature. This book provides a powerful and lucid model for scholars and students interested in transatlantic work."
- Cherene Sherrard-Johnson (author of Portraits of the New Negro Woman) "Transatlantic Spectacles of Race is a valuable contribution to race and gender studies. It narrates the spectacular dynamics of power at intersections of race and gender, and illuminates the 'racial taxonomies attempting to controll uncontrollable shades of color.'"
(American Studies) "Transatlantic Spectacles of Race is a valuable contribution to race and gender studies. It narrates the spectacular dynamics of power at intersections of race and gender, and illuminates the 'racial taxonomies attempting to controll uncontrollable shades of color.'"
(American Studies) "An admirable example of the ways in which American theories of race have recently enriched what had previously been a somwehat circumscribed academic field." (Victorian Studies) "An admirable example of the ways in which American theories of race have recently enriched what had previously been a somwehat circumscribed academic field." (Victorian Studies)