"This book is an examination of race, Black African objects, identity, museums at the turn of the 19th century in the U.S. via the history of the earliest colle

This book is an examination of race, Black African objects, identity, museums at the turn of the 19th century in the U.S. via the history of the earliest collec

This book will explore several critical connections between Black African objects and white Western aesthetics and artwork in the United States from the late 18

For many in the west, the mention of Africa immediately conjures up images of safaris, ferocious animals, sparsely dressed "tribesmen," and impenetrable jungles

Considering the African presence in China from an ethnographic and cultural studies perspective, this book offers a new way to theorise contemporary and future