Title The African presence : representations of Africa in the construction of Britishness / Graham Harrison

Published Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, [2013] New York : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan

Click on the following:
EBSCO eBooks

Copies

Description 1 online resource (x, 222 pages) Contents Representing Africa -- Putting images into (e)motion : representing Africa through suffering -- Africa-Britain : a short history -- Africa campaigning in the framing : from abolition to Make Poverty History -- Africa and the search for Britishness -- Britishness and the search for Africa -- Representing Africa through the commodity -- The Year of Africa Summary Examining the ways in which representations of Africa contribute to the changing nature of British national identity, this book uses interviews, photo archives, media coverage, advertisements and web material in order to focus on the major African campaigns: the abolition of slavery, anti-apartheid, drop the debt, and Make Poverty History Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-220) and index Notes Print version record Subject National characteristics, British. British. Antislavery movements. Anti-apartheid movements. Debt relief -- Africa POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General. HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. Anti-apartheid movements Antislavery movements British Civilization -- African influences Debt relief National characteristics, British SUBJECT Great Britain -- Civilization -- African influences -- Case studies Subject Africa Great Britain Genre/Form Case studies Case studies. Études de cas. Form Electronic book ISBN 1781705771 9781781705773 9781526102683 1526102684

  Permalink