ISBN:
978-1-78738-191-9
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 291 Seiten
Keywords:
Afrikaner Afro-Amerikaner
;
Europa
;
Kolonialgeschichte
;
Sklavenhandel, atlantischer
;
Geschichte
;
Identität
;
Afrika-Bild
;
Mission, christliche
;
Rassenkunde
;
Ethnologie
;
Geopolitik
;
Weltgeschichte
Abstract:
As early as the third century, St Mauricean Egyptianbecame leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion. Ever since, there have been richly varied encounters between those defined as `Africans` and those called `Europeans`. Yet Africans and African Europeans are still widely believed to be only a recent presence in Europe.Olivette Otele traces a long African European heritage through the lives of individuals both ordinary and extraordinary. She uncovers a forgotten past, from Emperor Septimius Severus, to enslaved Africans living in Europe during the Renaissance, and all the way to present-day migrants moving to Europe`s cities. By exploring a history that has been long overlooked, she sheds light on questions very much alive todayon racism, identity, citizenship, power and resilience.African Europeans is a landmark account of a crucial thread in Europe`s complex history. (Klappentext)
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Early encounters: from pioneers to African Romans -- 2. Black Mediterraneans: slavery and the Renaissance -- 3. The transatlantic slave trade and the invention of race -- 4. Neither here nor there: dual heritages and gender roles -- 5. Fleeting memories: colonial amnesia and forgotten figures -- 6. Claiming a past, navigating the present -- 7. Identity and liberation: African Europeans today -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 251-268
