Giving Voice to a Portrait: The Intersection of Gender, Race, and Law in Belle
The 2013 feature film Belle presents an account of the life of Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761-1804). Belle was the daughter of Sir John Lindsay, a British naval officer, and Maria Belle, an enslaved African woman, and she was raised in the home of her great uncle Lord Mansfield during his tenure as Chie...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Groningen Press
2021-09-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Life Writing |
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| Online Access: | https://ejlw.eu/article/view/37915 |