Global Capitalist Symbolic Violence at Small Scale on Providence Island
Author(s): Charles Orser
Year: 2016
Summary
Symbolic violence is usually subtle even though its physical manifestations can be imposing. Fortifications of colonialist powers express symbolic violence in contextually important ways, but when constructed as part of a colonial-capitalist nexus they have especially strong symbolic power. Focusing on the Puritan colony on Providence Island off the coast of Nicaragua (1630-41), I explore the symbolic nature of the island’s fortifications and their impact upon the indentured and enslaved laborers.
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Global Capitalist Symbolic Violence at Small Scale on Providence Island. Charles Orser. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2016 ( tDAR id: 434316)
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Keywords
General
Fortifications
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Providence Island
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Symbolic Violence
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1630-1641
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 23