In search of brightest Africa [electronic resource] : reimagining the dark continent in American culture, 1884-1936 / Jeannette Eileen Jones.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900Publication details: Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2010.Description: xviii, 296 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 327.607309/034 22
LOC classification:
  • DT38.1 .J66 2010eb
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Contents:
Introduction: in search of brightest Africa -- A cry from Africa : Victorians, new women, new Negroes, and moderns confront the dark continent -- To Bunco a Yankee : America and the Congo question -- Written on the wall : pan-African dreams of African empires and republics -- To capture a vanishing world : naturalist-environmentalist discourses and displays of Africa -- Reel Africa : American filmmaking and criticism in defense of Africa -- Conclusion: the wonders of Africa brought to America.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: in search of brightest Africa -- A cry from Africa : Victorians, new women, new Negroes, and moderns confront the dark continent -- To Bunco a Yankee : America and the Congo question -- Written on the wall : pan-African dreams of African empires and republics -- To capture a vanishing world : naturalist-environmentalist discourses and displays of Africa -- Reel Africa : American filmmaking and criticism in defense of Africa -- Conclusion: the wonders of Africa brought to America.

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