Africans on Stage: Studies in Ethnological Show Business

Date:


Price: [price_with_discount]
(as of [price_update_date] – Details)


[ad_1]

“…engaging, richly illustrated, and well-reserached …. Part anthology, cultural studies, history, journalism and political science, it… manages to consistently engage the reader…” – African Studies Review

“Lindfors’s book shows how the ‘edutainment’ of the 19th century perpetuated an ignorance of Africa that makes it easy for whites to stay racist and difficult for blacks to gain an accurate and dignified understanding of their heritage. . . . an unusually strong, readable collection.” ―Boston Book Review

Ethnological show business―that is, the displaying of foreign peoples for commercial and/or educational purposes―has a very long history. In the 19th and 20th centuries some of the most interesting individuals and groups exhibited in Europe and America came from Africa, or were said to come from Africa. African showpeople (real as well as counterfeit), managers and impresarios, and the audiences who came to gape are the featured attractions here―how they individually and in concert helped to shape Western perceptions of Africans.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Indiana University Press; First Edition (April 22, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0253334683
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0253334688
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.75 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.13 x 1.03 x 10.15 inches

[ad_2]

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Share post:

Essential Newsletter

We're happy you decided to visit our website.
Please take a few seconds and fill in the list details in order to subscribe to our list.
You will receive an email to confirm your subscription, just to be sure this is your email address.

Popular

More like this
Related

The Rose That Grew From Concrete

Price: (as of - Details) Tupac...

A God Sent Kind of Love: A Christian Romance Story

Price: (as of - Details) Twenty-nine...

Ada Twist, Scientist: A Picture Book (The Questioneers)

Price: (as of - Details) ...