Graham Harrison

The African presence (eBook, ePUB)

Representations of Africa in the construction of Britishness

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book considers the ways that representations of Africa have contributed to the changing nature of British national identity. Using interviews, photo archives, media coverage, advertisements, and web material, the book focuses on major Africa campaigns: the abolition of slavery, anti-apartheid, drop the debt, and Make Poverty History.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NYU Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526102690
• Artikelnr.: 48795427

Autorenporträt

Graham Harrison is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield

Inhaltsangabe

1. Representing Africa 2. Putting images into (e)motion: representing
Africa through suffering 3. Africa-Britain a short history 4. Africa
campaigning in framing: from abolition to 'Make Poverty History' 5. Africa
and the search for Britishness 6. Britishness and the search for Africa 7.
Representing Africa through the commodity 8. The Year of Africa 9.
Concluding thoughts Bibliography Index