Mistaking Africa : misconceptions and inventions

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    • Keim, Curtis A.
    • Somerville, Carolyn M.

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Mistaking Africa : misconceptions and inventions

Curtis Keim, and Carolyn Somerville

Routledge, 2022

Fifth edition

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Content Type: text (rdacontent), Media Type: unmediated (rdamedia), Carrier Type: volume (rdacarrier)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: "For many in the west, the mention of Africa immediately conjures up images of safaris, ferocious animals, sparsely dressed "tribesmen," and impenetrable jungles. Newspaper headlines rarely touch on Africa, but when they do, they often mention authoritarian rule, corruption, genocide, devastating illnesses, or civil war. Advertising, movies, amusement parks, cartoons, and many other corners of society all convey strong mental images of the continent that together form a collective consciousness. Few think to question these perceptions or how they came to be so deeply lodged in western minds. Mistaking Africa looks at the historical evolution of this mind-set and examines the role that popular media plays in its creation. The authors address the most prevalent myths and preconceptions and demonstrate how these prevent a true understanding of the enormously diverse peoples and cultures of Africa. Updated throughout, the fifth edition considers images of Africa from across the world and provides new ana

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内容説明

- Mistaking Africa looks at the historical evolution of this mind-set and examines the role that popular media plays in its creation. -Addresses the most prevalent myths and preconceptions and demonstrate how these prevent a true understanding of the enormously diverse peoples and cultures of Africa. -Updated throughout, the fifth edition considers images of Africa from across the world and provides new analysis of what Africans are doing themselves to rewrite the stories of their continent, particularly through social and digital media.

目次

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

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