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050 00 $aDT38.7$b.K45 2009
082 00 $a960$222
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aKeim, Curtis A.
245 10 $aMistaking Africa :$bcuriosities and inventions of the American mind /$cCurtis Keim.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aBoulder, CO :$bWestview Press,$c©2009.
300 $axiii, 234 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 215-228) and index.
505 00 $tChanging our mind about Africa --$tHow we learn --$tThe origins of "Darkest Africa" --$t"Our living ancestors" : twentieth-century evolutionism --$tReal Africa, wise Africa --$tWe should help them --$tCannibalism : no accounting for taste --$tAfricans live in tribes, don't they? --$tSafari : beyond our wildest dreams --$tAfrica in images --$tRace and culture : the same and the other --$tFrom imagination to dialogue --$gAppendix :$tlearning more.
520 $aFor many Americans the mention of Africa immediately conjures up images of safaris, ferocious animals, strangely dressed "tribesmen," and impenetrable jungles. Although the occasional newspaper headline alerts us to genocide, AIDS, malaria, or civil war in Africa, most of us know very little about the continent. However we still carry strong mental images of Africa, which are reflected in American advertising, movies, amusement parks, cartoons, and many other corners of our society. Few think to question these perceptions or how they came to be so deeply lodged in the collective American consciousness. Curtis Keim's Mistaking Africa looks at the historical evolution of this mindset and examines the role that popular media play in the creation of our mental images of Africa. Keim addresses the most prevalent myths and preconceptions and demonstrates how these prevent a true understanding of the enormously diverse peoples and cultures of Africa. Updated throughout, the second edition includes an entirely revised chapter on Africa in images, which analyzes portrayals of Africa in popular media, including print advertising by corporations such as Dow Chemical, ExxonMobil, IBM, Vogue magazine, Honda, and Snapple. New to the second edition as well is an appendix on learning more about Africa. --From publisher's description.
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856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2008003973.html
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