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Early African Entertainments Abroad : From the Hottentot Venus to Africa's First Olympians /
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 show...
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Madison, Wisconsin :
The University of Wisconsin Press,
[2014]
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| 505 | 0 | |a 1. Courting the Hottentot Venus -- 2. The Bottom Line: African Caricature in Georgian England -- 3. Ira Aldridge at Covent Garden -- 4. Clicks and Clucks: Victorian Reactions to San Speech -- 5. Charles Dickens and the Zulus -- 6. A Zulu View of Victorian London -- 7. Dr. Kahn and the Niam-Niams -- 8. The United African Twins on Tour: A Captivity Narrative -- 9. Circus Africans -- 10. Africa's First Olympians. | |
| 520 | |a 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.--Provided by publisher | ||
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