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Some of the essays in this volume have never been previously published in English

empirically grounded insights into the practices of slavery while attending to the forms and saliencies of its memories

Facing Decay Simon Barkworth ' -- Providence Journal'McGarry's proseFacing Decay systematically examines early modern visual art, anti aging recipes, and a range of other writings to investigate the periods obsession with youth and beauty and the corollary anxiety about age and decay. It provides the first examination of not only why but how early modern women sought to fight the appearance of old age. Author Erin Griffey argues that youthful skin was not simply a cosmetic pursuit; it was regarded as a signal of