Whos Black and Why? - A Hidden Chapter From the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race

In 1739 Bordeaux's Royal Academy of Sciences held an essay contest seeking answers to a pressing question: What was the cause of Africans' black skin? Published here for the first time and translated into English, these early documents of scientific racism lay bare the Enlightenment origins of the phantom of racial hierarchy.

Info autore

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the author of numerous books and has written extensively on the history of race and anti-Black racism in the Enlightenment. His most recent works include Stony the Road and The Black Church. He is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.Andrew S. Curran is a leading specialist of the Enlightenment era and the author of The Anatomy of Blackness and Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely. He is the William Armstrong Professor of the Humanities at Wesleyan University.

Riassunto

In 1739 Bordeaux’s Royal Academy of Sciences held an essay contest seeking answers to a pressing question: What was the cause of Africans’ black skin? Published here for the first time and translated into English, these early documents of scientific racism lay bare the Enlightenment origins of the phantom of racial hierarchy.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andrew S. Curran, Henry Louis Gates
• Con la collaborazione di: Andrew S Curran (Editore), Andrew S. Curran (Editore), Curran Andrew S. (Editore), Henry Louis Gates (Editore)
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.02.2024
• EAN: 9780674295452
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29545-2
• Pagine: 320
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Ethnic Studies, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), General & world history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Anthologies: general, General and world history, Anthologies (non-poetry), Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / African American & Black, HISTORY / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people