Slavery as a Form of Ethnic Relations in "Inkle and Yarico"

"Inkle and Yarico" is the story of Inkle, an English trader, who sells his lover Yarico as soon as they leave Yarico's mother country and he is no longer in need of her help. The story focuses on the difficulties of ethnic encounters and, furthermore, it openly deals with the enslavement of native peoples who are considered to be inferior by the English. Hence, the story of Inkle and Yarico had a considerable impact on the public's view of slavery. Until today, several versions of this tragic story have been published which vary in their approach to the topics of ethnic relations and slavery. Before three completeley different versions will be critically examined, a thorough theoretical introduction to various concepts that are correlated with slavery and ethnic relations will be given. Furthermore, a very long chapter is dedicated to the possibilities of teaching the topics of ethnic relations and slavery at school.

Autorentext

Caroline Heiss wurde am 24.1.1982 in Rum/Tirol geboren. Nach der Matura am Katholischen Oberstufenrealgymnasium in Zams im Juni 2000, verbrachte sie ein Jahr als Au-Pair in Mailand. AnschlieÃYend begann sie ihr Lehramtsstudium der Fächer Englisch und Italienisch an der Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, welches sie im Juni 2007 abschloss.

Klappentext
"Inkle and Yarico" is the story of Inkle, an English trader, who sells his lover Yarico as soon as they leave Yarico's mother country and he is no longer in need of her help. The story focuses on the difficulties of ethnic encounters and, furthermore, it openly deals with the enslavement of native peoples who are considered to be inferior by the English. Hence, the story of Inkle and Yarico had a considerable impact on the public's view of slavery. Until today, several versions of this tragic story have been published which vary in their approach to the topics of ethnic relations and slavery. Before three completeley different versions will be critically examined, a thorough theoretical introduction to various concepts that are correlated with slavery and ethnic relations will be given. Furthermore, a very long chapter is dedicated to the possibilities of teaching the topics of ethnic relations and slavery at school.