Comment est né le concept de « race » ? Pourquoi est-il devenu si rapidement hiérarchique, distinguant les « races inférieures » des « races supérieures » ? Et comment…

This edited collection explores the genesis of scientific conceptions of race and their accompanying impact on the taxonomy of human collections internationally as evidenced in ethnographic museums, world fairs, zoological…

Literary production is increasingly shaped by globalization and the complex nature of cultural, political, and social interaction. As such, longstanding colonial and postcolonial relations between Africa and Europe have yielded…

This landmark collection by an international group of scholars and public intellectuals represents a major reassessment of French colonial culture and how it continues to inform thinking about history, memory,…

Annette Smith and Dominic Thomas’s new translations of Aimé Césaire’s Like a Misunderstood Salvation and Solar Throat Slashed (poems deleted) expose to a new audience a pivotal figure in twentieth-century…

Dans cet ouvrage original à plus d’un titre, Dominic Thomas explore les impacts sur les sociétés et populations africaines de la dissolution partielle des structures d’États-nations modernes en faveur de…

This stimulating and insightful book reveals how increased control over immigration has changed cultural and social production in theater, literature, and even museum construction. Dominic Thomas’s analysis unravels the complex…

Le long cheminement de l’histoire des populations afro-antillaises en France a longtemps été absent des représentations de l’histoire de France, dont il est pourtant partie intégrante. C’est dire l’importance de…

The history of European nation-building and identity formation is inextricably connected with museums, and the role they play in displaying the acquired spoils and glorious symbols of geopolitical power in…

John Conteh-Morgan explores the multiple ways in which African and Caribbean theatres have combined aesthetic, ceremonial, experimental, and avant-garde practices in order to achieve sharp critiques of the nationalist and…