1. Introduction -- 2. Ancient literature -- 3. Christianity -- 4. Othello -- 5. The ewe bible -- 6. Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia -- 7. Against the category -- 8. Against revaluation -- 9. Conclusion. "Africans are not literally black, yet they are called black. Why? This book …
"Africans are not literally black, yet they are called black. Why? This book explores the genesis and evolution of the description of Africans as black, the consequences of this practice, and how it contributes to the denigration (blackening) and dehumanisation of Africans. It u…
"Africans are not literally black, yet they are called black. Why? This book explores the genesis and evolution of the description of Africans as black, the consequences of this practice, and how it contributes to the denigration (blackening) and dehumanisation of Africans. It u…
"Africans are not literally black, yet they are called black. Why? This book explores the genesis and evolution of the description of Africans as black, the consequences of this practice, and how it contributes to the denigration (blackening) and dehumanisation of Africans. It u…
Audacious and genre-defying, 'Black and Blue' is steeped in melancholy, in the feeling of being blue, or, rather, black and blue, with all the literality of bruised flesh. Mavor's mother lost her memory to Alzheimer's, and this book is framed by the author's memories of her moth…
Mr. Pink:""Why can't we pick out our own color?""Joe:""I tried that once, it don't work. You get four guys fighting over who's gonna be Mr. Black.""--Quentin Tarantino, Reservoir DogsMen's clothes went black in the nineteenth century. Dickens, Ruskin and Baudelaire all asked why…
This book traces the history of the wearing of black clothes over the last 1000 years. From the church to the court, from the court to officials and the merchant class to the fashions of the twentieth century this book looks at the significance and dominance of black clothes.