L’invention de la race

Published: July 22, 2015

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

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The Invention of Race

Published: July 22, 2015

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…

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Afroeuropean Cartographies

Published: July 22, 2015

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…

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Colonial Culture in France since the Revolution

Published: July 22, 2015

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,…

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Like a Misunderstood Salvation and Other Poems

Published: July 22, 2015

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…

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Noirs d’encre

Published: July 22, 2015

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…

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Africa and France

Published: July 22, 2015

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…

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La France noire

Published: July 22, 2015

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…

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Museums in Postcolonial Europe

Published: July 22, 2015

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…

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New Francophone African and Caribbean Theatres

Published: July 22, 2015

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…

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