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curiosities and inventions of the American mind

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An edition of Mistaking Africa (1999)

Mistaking Africa

curiosities and inventions of the American mind

2nd ed.

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  • 2 Want to read

"For most Americans, the mention of Africa immediately conjures up images of safaris, wild animals, strangely dressed "tribesmen," and impenetrable jungles. Few think to question these perceptions or ask how they came to be so deeply lodged in the collective American consciousness. Curtis Keim's Mistaking Africa: Curiosities and Inventions of the American Mind examines the evolution of such stereotypes and the role that popular media play in their perpetuation.

Keim addresses the most prevalent American misconceptions about Africa and demonstrates how these prevent an accurate understanding of the enormously diverse people and cultures of Africa. Mistaking Africa is not specifically about Africa, but about thinking about Africa."--BOOK JACKET.

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Westview Press
Language
English
Pages
234

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Subjects

Africa, American Foreign public opinion, Public opinion, United States, Stereotyp, Prejudices, American Public opinion, Afrikabild, Attitudes, Public opinion, united states, United states, foreign relations, africa, Africa, social conditions

Places

Africa, United States
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Mistaking Africa
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Mistaking Africa: Curiosities of the American Mind
2017, Avalon Publishing
in English
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Mistaking Africa: Curiosities and Inventions of the American Mind
2013, Avalon Publishing
in English
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Mistaking Africa: curiosities and inventions of the American mind
2009, Westview Press
in English - 2nd ed.
Cover of: Mistaking Africa
Mistaking Africa
2008, Avalon Publishing
in English
Cover of: Mistaking Africa
Mistaking Africa: curiosities and inventions of the American mind
1999, Westview Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Changing our mind about Africa
How we learn
The origins of "Darkest Africa"
"Our living ancestors" : twentieth-century evolutionism
Real Africa, wise Africa
We should help them
Cannibalism : no accounting for taste
Africans live in tribes, don't they?
Safari : beyond our wildest dreams
Africa in images
Race and culture : the same and the other
From imagination to dialogue
Appendix : learning more.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Boulder, CO

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Dewey Decimal Class
960
Library of Congress
DT38.7 .K45 2009, DT38.7.K45 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
234

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OL16474939M
Internet Archive
mistakingafricac00keim
ISBN 13
9780813343860
LCCN
2008003973
OCLC/WorldCat
191846917
Library Thing
1964885
Goodreads
5073836

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