Stories
- Book extract
Naked, not nude
Classicist Caroline Vout argues that it’s time to take the dust covers off the Ancient Greeks and Romans, and to encounter their bodies not nude, but naked.
- Article
The search for a cure for endometriosis
Discover how a white American doctor’s experimental operations on black female slaves laid the foundations for modern gynaecological surgery.
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The first seizure
Historian Aparna Nair had her first seizure when she was 11. Here she recalls that first time, and how other people’s reactions are sometimes the most disturbing part about having a seizure.
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Colonialism and the origins of skin bleaching
The widespread practice of skin bleaching was heavily influenced by the Western colonisation and slavery of African and South Asian countries. Ngunan Adamu explores this toxic history.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
Slaves trained by experienced mister : mouthwatering fetishes.
Date: [1999]- Pictures
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Slaves harvesting cinnamon near Colombo, Sri Lanka. Line engraving by Mutlow.
Reference: 16716i- E-books
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Slaves, masters, and the art of authority in Plautine comedy / Kathleen McCarthy.
McCarthy, Kathleen, 1962-Date: c2000- Pictures
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Slaves irrigating by water-wheel on the banks of the Nile. Wood engraving.
Reference: 43326i- Books
Slaves, women & homosexuals : exploring the hermeneutics of cultural analysis / William J. Webb.
Webb, William J., 1957-Date: [2001], ©2001