Keeping the Rat-Book: Marly and Visceral Histories of Jamaican Agriculture.
The article "Keeping the Rat-Book: Marly and Visceral Histories of Jamaican Agriculture" explores the intertwined perspectives of enslaved peoples, white residents, and itinerant Europeans in Jamaica during the age of abolition. It delves into the cultural significance of rat consumption in the Cari...
| Published in: | Early American Literature Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 21 - 42 |
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University of North Carolina Press
2025
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