Bernth (Hrsg.) Lindfors

Africans on Stage: Studies in Ethnological Show Business

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Ethnological show business has a very long history in Europe. It became increasingly common after advances in navigational technology put Europeans in touch with human communities all over the globe.In the 19th and 20th centuries some of the most interesting individuals and groups exhibited in Europe and America came from Africa. What did the average spectator think of such representatives from the Dark Continent? If the display was a dramatic one -- that is, if the Africans sang, danced or acted out events -- what opinions did observers form of them as performers and as human beings? How was the spectacle staged, and who organized and manage… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-253-33468-8
EAN: 9780253334688
Produktnummer: 1607583
Verlag: Indiana Univ Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Masse: H25.8 cm x B18.1 cm x D2.6 cm 794 g
Gewicht: 794
Sonstiges: Ab 22 J.

Über den Autor

Bernth Lindfors is Professor of English and African Literatures at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the founding editor of the journal of Research in African Literature and has written and edited a number of books on African verbal arts, the most recent being African Textualities: Texts, Pre-texts, and Contexts of African Literature (1997).