{"product_id":"early-african-entertainments-abroad-bernth-lindfors-9780299301644","title":"Early African Entertainments Abroad: From the Hottentot Venus to Africa's First Olympians","description":"In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries African and pseudo-African performers were displayed as curiosities throughout Europe and America. Appearing in circuses, ethnographic exhibitions, and traveling shows, these individuals and troupes drew large crowds. As Bernth Lindfors shows, the showmen, impresarios, and even scientists who brought supposedly representative inhabitants of the \"Dark Continent\" to a gaping public often selected the performers for their sensational impact. Spotlighting and exaggerating physical, mental, or cultural differences, the resulting displays reinforced pernicious racial stereotypes and left a disturbing legacy.\u003cbr\u003e Using period illustrations and texts, \u003ci\u003eEarly African Entertainments Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the mindset of the era's largely white audiences as they viewed wax models of Africans with tails and watched athletic competitions showcasing hungry cannibals. White spectators were thus assured of their racial superiority. And blacks were made to appear less than fully human precisely at the time when abolitionists were fighting to end slavery and establish equality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernth Lindfors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299301648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299301644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2015 pg. 1510","brand":"Bernth Lindfors","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056863146239,"sku":"9780299301644","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_447b283a-7469-49f1-9ce0-cc7ef1356d04.jpg?v=1685043677","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/early-african-entertainments-abroad-bernth-lindfors-9780299301644","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}