Re: Slavery and social death

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Summer's here, and I'm clearing off old messages. This may no longer be
useful, but a key work in this area is (appropriately) Orlando
Patterson's "Slavery and Social Death".
Cheers.

Tom Love 45N, 123W
Dept. Soc./Anth
Linfield College
McMinnville, OR 97128
tlove@linfield.edu

On Fri, 10 Feb 1995, James Carrier wrote:

> 10 February, 1995
>
> Dear Folks,
>
> I am teaching a course in the Spring, some of which deals with the
> distinction between biological and social death. As part of this, I want
> to introduce the idea that slavery is a social death.
> Sadly, however, all that sticks in my mind is a memory that there
> was a flurry of literature on slavery and social death. I do not remember
> what any of that literature is (though I do have a cryptic reference to
> Kopytoff and Meyer -- no other details, just the names).
> So, if anyone can suggest accessible readings on the topic I
> would be quite grateful.
>
>
> Yours,
>
> James G. Carrier
>
> James.Carrier@durham.ac.uk
> Durham Anthropology / 43, Old Elvet / Durham DH1 3HN
>

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