Representations of Blackness and the Performance of Identities

by Jean Muteba Rahier

Book Overview

The essays gathered in this volume deal with representations of blackness and the performance of black identities in various historically determined societal contexts of the Americas, Benin, and Spain. The book is grounded on the premise that representations constitute, in part, the world in which we live. An important aspect of the struggles of dominated people consists in more or less overtly challenging, manipulating, combatting, negating, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897896068
• ISBN13: 9780897896061
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"