Black Legacies : Race and the European Middle Ages /

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Black Legacies looks at color-based prejudice in medieval and modern texts in order to reveal key similarities. Bringing far-removed time periods into startling conversation, this book argues that certain attitudes and practices present in Europe's Middle Ages were foundational in the developme...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ramey, Lynn Tarte, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Race relations.
Black people in art.
Black people.
Ethnic relations.
Intercultural communication.
Racism.
Social history > Medieval.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Personnes noires dans l'art.
Civilisation medievale > Influence africaine.
Histoire sociale > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Racism > Europe > History > To 1500.
Civilization, Medieval > African influences.
Social history > Medieval, 500-1500.
Intercultural communication > Europe > History > To 1500.
Black people > Europe > History.
Europe.
Europe > Relations interethniques.
Europe > Relations raciales.
Europe > Ethnic relations.
Europe > Race relations.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Black Legacies looks at color-based prejudice in medieval and modern texts in order to reveal key similarities. Bringing far-removed time periods into startling conversation, this book argues that certain attitudes and practices present in Europe's Middle Ages were foundational in the development of the western concept of race. Using historical, literary, and artistic sources, Lynn Ramey shows that twelfth- and thirteenth-century discourse was preoccupied with skin color and the coding of black as "evil" and white as "good." Ramey demonstrates that fears of miscegenation show up in all medie
Descripción Física:1 online resource (192 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813055046

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