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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... view more
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.... view less
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Broadcasting, Telecommunication
Free Keywords
Denmark; descendants; family history; Nordic countries; `race'; slavery; television documentary;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 447-469
Journal
European Journal of Cultural Studies, 11 (2008) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549408094982
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)