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Descendants of Slaves: the articulation of mixed racial ancestry in a Dansih television documentary series
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Abstract The aim of the Danish television documentary series Slavernes Slægt (Descendants of Slaves, 2005) has been to enhance public awareness of Danish colonial history. As is typical of contemporary mediated memories, the account of national history is combined with `small histories' that focus on live st... mehr
The aim of the Danish television documentary series Slavernes Slægt (Descendants of Slaves, 2005) has been to enhance public awareness of Danish colonial history. As is typical of contemporary mediated memories, the account of national history is combined with `small histories' that focus on live stories of individuals and their families. Participating in the series are present-day descendants of enslaved Africans who, as a result of an interest in family historical research, have found information about their black ancestry. The series challenges the supposed historical homogeneity of Nordic nation-states by pointing out the historical presence of black individuals. However, this article will show how discourses of family history (e.g. the focus on bloodlines) converge with old `race' theory; the result of which is that the series inadvertently reproduces processes of visual Othering.... weniger
Klassifikation
Sozialgeschichte, historische Sozialforschung
Rundfunk, Telekommunikation
Freie Schlagwörter
Denmark; descendants; family history; Nordic countries; `race'; slavery; television documentary;
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2008
Seitenangabe
S. 447-469
Zeitschriftentitel
European Journal of Cultural Studies, 11 (2008) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549408094982
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)