ISBN:
9780813055046
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 176 Seiten)
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Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als
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DDC:
305.8009409/02
Schlagwort(e):
Geschichte 1300-1500
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Geschichte 500-1500
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Civilization, Medieval
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Peace-building / Europe / History / To 1500
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Racism / Europe / History / To 1500
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
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Geschichte
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Interkulturelle Kommunikation
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Sozialgeschichte
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Blacks History
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Intercultural communication History To 1500
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Social history Medieval, 500-1500
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Civilization, Medieval African influences
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Racism History To 1500
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Blacks in art
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Schwarze
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Ungeheuer
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Schwarzenbild
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Rassismus
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Kunst
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Europa
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Europa
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Online-Publikation
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Europa
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Rassismus
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Geschichte 500-1500
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Europa
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Kunst
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Schwarze
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Ungeheuer
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Geschichte 1300-1500
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Europa
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Schwarzenbild
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Geschichte 500-1500
Kurzfassung:
Black Legacies looks at color-based prejudice in medieval and modern texts in order to reveal key similarities. Bringing far-removed time periods into startling conversation, this book argues that certain attitudes and practices present in Europe's Middle Ages were foundational in the development of the western concept of race. Using historical, literary, and artistic sources, Lynn Ramey shows that twelfth- and thirteenth-century discourse was preoccupied with skin color and the coding of black as "evil" and white as "good." Ramey demonstrates that fears of miscegenation show up in all medie
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Remaking the Middle Ages -- Medieval race? -- Biblical race -- Medieval miscegenation and the literary imagination -- Mapping the monstrous: humaness in the age of discovery -- Conclusions: Medieval race and the "Golden Age."
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-165) and index
DOI:
10.5744/florida/9780813060071.001.0001
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