From White Males to Black Females
Understanding the National Bodies of Ethiopia (1896–1936)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19003384 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brian J Yates (Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81-100 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Black Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0021934712466097 |
| OpenAlex | W1989977729 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 23 |
This essay argues that the racial identities assigned to Ethiopia in the late 19th century and early 20th century were a direct result of the sexualized racial identities that were due to racist philosophies of colonialism. Teshale Tibebu’s and Harold Marcus’s essays on the national identity of Ethiopia and Lewis Gordon’s philosophical views of the sexual nature of racial identities serve a foundation for the rationale behind Ethiopia’s identity redefinition. Ethiopia, defeating Italy at Adwa, could not be seen as Black by many in the global community. Key contributions of this essay are how Ethiopians themselves defined their own nation and a discussion of how this identity was redefined in the discourse surrounding the global response to Italy’s occupation in 1936. This new characterization allows us to move beyond traditional motivations of colonization and examine the racialized and gendered bodies of the colonized and colonizers in the context of modern Ethiopia
Aesthetics · Art · Colonialism · Context (archaeology) · Ethnology · Identity (music) · Political science · Race (biology) · Sociology · White (mutation) · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law
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Sudan Notes and Records
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The Peoples of Ethiopia
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Feudal Ethiopia and Her Army
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |