{"product_id":"white-on-black-images-of-africa-and-blacks-in-western-popular-culture-9780300063110","title":"White on Black: Images of Africa and Blacks in Western Popular Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhite on Black is a compelling visual history of the development of European and American stereotypes of black people over the last two hundred years. Its purpose is to show the pervasiveness of prejudice against blacks throughout the western world as expressed in stock-in-trade racist imagery and caricature. Reproducing a wide range of illustrationsfrom engravings and lithographs to advertisements  candy wrappings  biscuit tins  dolls  posters  and comic stripsthe book challenges the hidden assumptions of even those who view themselves as unprejudiced.  Jan Nederveen Pieterse sets Western images of Africa and blacks in a chronological framework  including representations from medieval times  from the colonial period with its explorers  settlers  and missionaries  from the era of slavery and abolition  and from the multicultural societies of the present day. Pieterse shows that blacks have been routinely depicted throughout the West as servants  entertainers  and athletes  and that particular countries have developed their own comforting black stereotypes about blacks: Sambo and Uncle Tom in the United States  Golliwog in Britain  Bamboula in France  and Black Peter in the Netherlands. Looking at conventional portrayals of blacks in the nursery  in sexual arenas  and in commerce and advertising  Pieterse analyzes the conceptual roots of the stereotypes about them. The images that he presents have a direct and dramatic impact  and they raise questions about the expression of power within popular culture and the force of caricature  humor  and parody as instruments of oppression.  Published in association with Cosmic Illusion Productions  Amsterdam\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279951224885,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300063113","price":72.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300063110.jpg?v=1780616558","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/white-on-black-images-of-africa-and-blacks-in-western-popular-culture-9780300063110","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}