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Reviews tagging 'Child death'
The Wonderful Adventures Of Mrs. Seacole In Many Lands by Mary Seacole
2 reviews
multilingual_s's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
The most important part of the book for me was the introduction and the footnotes contextualising this historic document! It is fascinating how the author defies the categories of nationality and race that seem obvious to us today, but that were defined differently at the time of writing. Her contrasting racist white Americans with, in her view, the non-racist British Empire feels very odd, especially because she also describes her own experience of racist discrimination from the British authorities, all the while stating that she is not black but merely 'of dark complexion' and using racist terminology and clishees in the description of other people of colour. Through all of this dissonance (that might be in place to suit her British audience, the hand of her white editors or her genuine perspective) shines her character and her narrative voice that paints her as a clever and shrewd traveller and business woman who knows how to turn racial and gender clishees to her favour when it suits her and how to dodge them when it doesnt. Overall it is a fascinating portrait of the Victorian era from a perspective that is hardly seen in other writing from that time. Â
Graphic: Child death, Racial slurs, Death, Racism, and War
emily_pemily's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.75
Graphic: War
Moderate: Death and Racism
Minor: Child death
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