num_pages: 216
description: In Imagining Ethiopia, Sorenson examines Western mass media images of Ethiopia, placing them in the context of a larger discourse on the Third World. Sorenson shows how our image of Ethiopia has been developed by reporters and photographers who blamed the famine on African backwardness and ignored its historical and political causes, which include a colonial history, militarization, and the circumstances of Africa's integration into the world market.
language: English
title: Imagining Ethiopia: Struggles for History and Identity in the Horn of Africa
titlecomplete: Imagining Ethiopia: Struggles for History and Identity in the Horn of Africa
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Rutgers University Press