Artificial Africas: Colonial Images in the Times of Globalization

Title: Artificial Africas: Colonial Images in the Times of Globalization Author: Mayer, Ruth ISBN: 9781584651925 Publisher: Dartmouth College Press Published: 2002 Binding: Quality Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. Social Science 1339910 Publisher Description: "Africa is an artificial entity," notes Ruth Mayer, "invented and conceived by colonialism." In this wide-ranging study, Mayer explores the ways in which Western, and especially American, popular culture has manufactured and deployed various images of "Africa," and how those changing constructions have reflected Western social and political concerns from the era of colonialism to the age of globalization. Mayer mines an enormous array of sources to expose the diverse images and narrative strat