Modern Representations of Sub-Saharan Africa

ISBN-13: 9780367343125 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 226 str.

Lori Maguire; Susan Ball; S?bastien Lefait

Opis

This book examines how representations of African in the Anglophone West have changed in the post-imperial age.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: From Tarzan to the Black Panther: The Evolving Image of Africa  Part 1: Representing Sub-Saharan Africa before its Decolonization  2. African Liberation and the Reaction of the British Establishment  3. Viewing Apartheid through an American Lens: The American Foreign Policy Elite Examine Racial Politics in South Africa  Part 2: Representing Sub-Saharan Africa in the Age of Decolonization and Independence  4. Othering Blacks into Africans in Letters of Support to Enoch Powell (1968-9): A Post-colonial Regime of Truth  5. ‘God’s Work’: Explaining the Intervention in Somalia to the American Public (1992-1993)  6. Remembering Rwanda in the American television Series The West Wing and 24  Part 3: Representing Sub-Saharan Africa in Academic Disciplines  7. From the Cradle of Civilization to Basket Case: (Mis)representations of Africa in Western Scholarship  8. Maps: ‘A Mine of Suggestion’ or Just ‘a Sham’?  Part 4: Representing Sub-Saharan Africa Today  9. Changing the Narrative: British Press’ Portrayal of Women’s Rights Issues in Africa  10. Imperial Identities in Question: Amma Asante’s A United Kingdom  11. ‘You can’t tell me that representation isn’t important. You just can’t’: The Revisibilization of Sub-Saharan Africa in Black Panther (Ryan Coogler, 2018) and its Impact on English-speaking Audiences  12. Conclusion