Identifying Marks: Race, Gender, and the Marked Body in Nineteenth-Century America

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 Identifying Marks This page intentionally left blank Identifying Marks  Race, Gender, and the Marked Body in Nineteenth-Century America JENNIFER PUTZI The University of Georgia Press • Athens and London © 2006 by the University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 All rights reserved Set in Minion by Bookcomp, Inc. Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Printed in the United States of America 10 09 08 07 06 C 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Putzi, Jennifer. Identifying marks : race, gender, and the marked body in nineteenth-century America / Jennifer Putzi. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-2812-6 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8203-2812-x (alk. paper) 1. American literature—19th century—History and criticism. 2. Body, Human, in literature. 3. Branding (Punishment)—United States. 4. Tattooing—United States. 5. Sex role in literature. 6. Race in literature. I. Title. PS217.B63P88 2006 810.9'3561—dc22 2005030335 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ISBN for this digital edition: 978-0-8203-4395-2 For my mother, Judy Westerman This page intentionally left blank ...