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- catalog abstract ""For most Americans, the mention of Africa immediately conjures up images of safaris, wild animals, strangely dressed "tribesmen," and impenetrable jungles. Few think to question these perceptions or ask how they came to be so deeply lodged in the collective American consciousness. Curtis Keim's Mistaking Africa: Curiosities and Inventions of the American Mind examines the evolution of such stereotypes and the role that popular media play in their perpetuation. Keim addresses the most prevalent American misconceptions about Africa and demonstrates how these prevent an accurate understanding of the enormously diverse people and cultures of Africa. Mistaking Africa is not specifically about Africa, but about thinking about Africa."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11713756.
- catalog coverage "Africa Foreign public opinion, American.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""For most Americans, the mention of Africa immediately conjures up images of safaris, wild animals, strangely dressed "tribesmen," and impenetrable jungles. Few think to question these perceptions or ask how they came to be so deeply lodged in the collective American consciousness. Curtis Keim's Mistaking Africa: Curiosities and Inventions of the American Mind examines the evolution of such stereotypes and the role that popular media play in their perpetuation. Keim addresses the most prevalent American misconceptions about Africa and demonstrates how these prevent an accurate understanding of the enormously diverse people and cultures of Africa. Mistaking Africa is not specifically about Africa, but about thinking about Africa."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-190) and index.".
- catalog description "PART 1: INTRODUCTION: Changing our mind about Africa -- How we learn -- PART 2: EVOLUTIONISM: The origins of "Darkest Africa" -- "Our living ancestors": Twentieth-Century evolutionism -- Best Africa, wise Africa -- We should help them -- PART 3: FURTHER MISPERCEPTIONS: Africans live in tribes, don't they? -- Safari: beyond our wildest dreams -- Africa in ads -- PART 4: NEW DIRECTIONS: Race and cuture: the same and the other -- From imagination to dialogue.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 196 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Mistaking Africa.".
- catalog identifier "0813335086 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0813335094 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mistaking Africa.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boulder : Westview Press,".
- catalog relation "Mistaking Africa.".
- catalog spatial "Africa Foreign public opinion, American.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "960 21".
- catalog subject "DT38.7 .K45 1999".
- catalog subject "Public opinion United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "PART 1: INTRODUCTION: Changing our mind about Africa -- How we learn -- PART 2: EVOLUTIONISM: The origins of "Darkest Africa" -- "Our living ancestors": Twentieth-Century evolutionism -- Best Africa, wise Africa -- We should help them -- PART 3: FURTHER MISPERCEPTIONS: Africans live in tribes, don't they? -- Safari: beyond our wildest dreams -- Africa in ads -- PART 4: NEW DIRECTIONS: Race and cuture: the same and the other -- From imagination to dialogue.".
- catalog title "Mistaking Africa : curiosities and inventions of the American mind / Curtis A. Keim.".
- catalog type "text".