The past is not dead
Subtitle: facts, fictions, and enduring racial stereotypes
By: Allan Pred.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Badin, 1747?-1822; Racism -- Sweden -- History; Race discrimination -- Sweden; Sweden -- Race relations -- History; Sweden -- History -- 1718-1814
Description: Through one figure - Badin, an 18th century Afro-Caribbean slave given to the Swedish royal court - Allan Pred shows how stereotypes endure through the repeated confusion of facts and fiction, providing an original perspective on the perpetuation of racializing stereotypes in the West.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.