The hands of colonized subjects were vital sites of fascination and interpretation in late-Victorian imperial narratives. The book considers accounts of fingerprinting, amputation, disease, manual labor, and mummification as central examples of the racial significance assigned to hands around the fin de siecle. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Author(s): Aviva (Bowdoin College, Maine) Briefel Illustration(s): 12 Halftones, unspecified; 12 Halftones, black and white Number of pages: 234 Collection: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture Publication date: 2017 Dimensions: 230 x 154 x 13 Cover type: Paperback / softback