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Subject(s)

• Political science—Europe—History—18th century [Browse]
• Political science—Europe—History—19th century [Browse]
• Imperialism—Psychological aspects [Browse]
• Europe—Race relations [Browse]
• Black people in art [Browse]

Series

• Global horizons ; 13. [More in this series]
• Global horizons ; 13 [More in this series]

Summary note

"The Colonial Art of Demonizing Others examines European mistranslations and misrepresentations of black freedom dreams and self-activity as monstrous in the period of modern imperial consolidation -roughly from 1750 to 1848"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Transfigurations and Mistranslations of Black Freedom Culture in Narratives of the Colonial Era
• Jean François, the Spanish Constitutional Debates and the Monkey of Seville
• Solitude : Translating the Abject into Agent
• The Task of Transfiguration.

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ISBN

• 9780415742269 (hardback)
• 0415742269 (hardback)

LCCN

2013035461

OCLC

859585011

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