Museums and Atlantic Slavery

Museums and Atlantic Slavery explores how slavery, the Atlantic slave trade, and enslaved people are represented through words, visual images, artifacts, and audiovisual materials in museums in Europe and the Americas.

List of contents

Introduction: Representing Atlantic Slavery in the Museum; 1. Wealth and Refinement; 2. Submission and Victimization; 3. Resistance and Rebellion; 4. Achievement and Legacies; Conclusion: Persisting Legacies

About the author

Ana Lucia Araujo is Professor of History at Howard University in Washington DC, USA.

Summary

Museums and Atlantic Slavery explores how slavery, the Atlantic slave trade, and enslaved people are represented through words, visual images, artifacts, and audiovisual materials in museums in Europe and the Americas.

Product details

• Authors: Ana Lucia Araujo, Ana Lucia (Howard University Araujo, Araujo Ana Lucia
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9780367530082
• ISBN: 978-0-367-53008-2
• No. of pages: 122
• Series: Museums in Focus
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Africa / General, ART / Museum Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Africa / Central, African History, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, National liberation and independence, Slavery and abolition of slavery, HISTORY / African American & Black, Human bondage;Atlantic slavery;Audiovisual materials;Museums