{"product_id":"black-victorians-black-victoriana-paperback","title":"Black Victorians\/Black Victoriana - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGretchen Holbrook Gerzina\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoan Anim-Addo\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eJohn Turner\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack Victorians\/Black Victoriana is a welcome attempt to correct the historical record. Although scholarship has given us a clear view of nineteenth-century imperialism, colonialism, and later immigration from the colonies, there has for far too long been a gap in our understanding of the lives of blacks in Victorian England. Without that understanding, it remains impossible to assess adequately the state of the black population in Britain today. Using a transatlantic lens, the contributors to this book restore black Victorians to the British national picture. They look not just at the ways blacks were represented in popular culture but also at their lives as they experienced them-as workers, travelers, lecturers, performers, and professionals. Dozens of period photographs bring these stories alive and literally give a face to the individual stories the book tells. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays taken as a whole also highlight prevailing Victorian attitudes toward race by focusing on the ways in which empire building spawned a \"subculture of blackness\" consisting of caricature, exhibition, representation, and scientific racism absorbed by society at large. This misrepresentation made it difficult to be both black and British while at the same time it helped to construct British identity as a whole. Covering many topics that detail the life of blacks during this period, Black Victorians\/Black Victoriana will be a landmark contribution to the emergent field of black history in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.16 x 6.64 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52618354131251,"sku":"9780813532158","price":77.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/SEJqN2pLSDJ6eXQ0Q3ZiRnlsYjhUQT09.webp?v=1761904619","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/black-victorians-black-victoriana-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}