Reconstructing the Black Image - Couverture souple

Mothe, Gordon De La

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0948080612 ISBN 13 : 9780948080616

Editeur : Trentham Books Ltd, 1993

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Refuting the negative perceptions of black people in Western society, this book reviews the images first fostered by purveyors of the West African slave trade of Africans as heathen savages. Science was soon brought into play to support the religious justification of slavery by presenting Africans as lower on evolutionary scale. These portrayals and perceptions helped to delay abolition of slavery and served to confine the majority of black people to lowly positions and occupations in Western societies. For over a decade, Gordon de la Mothe has used images as his point of departure in his teaching. His study of the social and historical context in which the derogatory images of Africans were constructed leads to a recognition of their distortion and inaccuracy.

Revue de presse

Well selected and researched...as relevant to general readers as to students. --Education

...an admirable attempt to present positive historical images of Black peoples and their cultures from Africa, the Americas and Europe --Association for the study of African Caribbean and Asian Culture and History in Britain

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Trentham Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0948080612
• ISBN 13: 9780948080616
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 180
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible