Early African Entertainments Abroad: From the Hottentot Venus to Africa's First Olympians

by Bernth Lindfors

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In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries African and pseudo-African performers were displayed as curiosities throughout Europe and America. Appearing in circuses, ethnographic exhibitions, and traveling shows, these individuals and troupes drew large crowds. As Bernth Lindfors shows, the showmen, impresarios, and even scientists who brought supposedly representative inhabitants of the Dark Continent to a gaping public often selected the performers...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0299301648

ISBN13:9780299301644

Release Date:November 2014

Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press

Length:262 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography History Performing Arts Social Science Social Sciences

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