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Teaching how to critically read Indo-Caribbean bodies in nineteenth-century postcards
Published 2024-11-01“…Starting in 2017, the Kislak Center at the University of Pennsylvania has collected postcards dating from the late nineteenth century that depict Indo-Caribbean life and culture in Trinidad, British Guiana, Suriname and Jamaica. From village scenes to Indo-Caribbean women in studio portraits, the bodies featured in these postcards appear in ethnographic views to promote perceptions of Indo-Caribbeans as being exotic and different. …”
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