Early African entertainments abroad from the Hottentot Venus to Africa's first Olympians
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Madison, Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin Press
2014
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| Schriftenreihe: | Africa and the diaspora: history, politics, culture
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| Online Zugang: | http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb43879252p Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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Tag hinzufügen | Beschreibung: | In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries African and pseudo-African performers were displayed as curiosities throughout Europe and America. Appearing in circuses, ethnographic exhibitions, and traveling shows, these individuals and troupes drew large crowds. As Bernth Lindfors shows, the showmen, impresarios, and even scientists who brought supposedly representative inhabitants of the "Dark Continent" to a gaping public often selected the performers for their sensational impact. Spotlighting and exaggerating physical, mental, or cultural differences, the resulting displays reinforced pernicious racial stereotypes and left a disturbing legacy.--Provided by publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | XII, 248 S. Ill. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780299301644 0299301648 |