Curtis Keim, Carolyn Somerville

Mistaking Africa (eBook, ePUB)

Misconceptions and Inventions

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For many in the west, the mention of Africa immediately conjures up images of safaris, ferocious animals, sparsely dressed "tribesmen," and impenetrable jungles. Mistaking Africa looks at the historical evolution of this mind-set and examines the role that popular media plays in its creation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000510010
• Artikelnr.: 62911905

Autorenporträt

Curtis Keim is Professor Emeritus of History at Moravian College. He is a recipient of the College's Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching and he is coauthor of African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaire and coeditor of The Scramble for Art in Central Africa.Carolyn Somerville is Associate Professor of Political Science at Hunter College, CUNY. She is the author of Drought and Aid in the Sahel and coauthor of Women's Realities, Women's Choices.

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
1 Changing Our Mind About Africa
2 How We Learn
PART TWO: EVOLUTIONISM
3 The Origins of "Darkest Africa"
4 "Our Living Ancestors": Evolutionism and Race Across the Centuries
5 Where Is the Real Africa?
6 We Should Help Them
PART THREE: FURTHER MISPERCEPTIONS
7 Cannibalism: No Accounting for Taste
8 Africans Live in Tribes, Don't They?
9 Safari: Beyond Our Wildest Dreams
10 Africa in Images
PART FOUR: NEW DIRECTIONS: FROM RACE TO CULTURE
11 Changing Views
12 From Imagination to Dialogue
Appendix: Learning More
Notes
Works Cited