Call Me America
The Construction of Race, Identity, and History in Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s Wonders of the African World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2408095 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zine Magubane |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 247-270 |
| Publication date | 2003-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-7086 • E-ISSN: 1552-356X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1532708603254351 |
| OpenAlex | W2004942454 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
The article analyzes Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s six-part, 12-hour documentary, Wonders of the African World, and the fierce debates that occurred between Africana and African Americans about issues of race, identity, and history in the wake of the video's release. The article explores the ways in which questions about racial identity, the relationship of African Americans to Africa, and the politics of history were framed in the film and how this relates to larger societal debates about Africans and African Americans in the academy, race and citizenship, and identity and narrative authority
Aesthetics · African american · Art · Citizenship · Identity (music · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Sociology · Anthropology · Cinema and Media Studies · Critical Race Theory in Education · Race, History, and American Society · Gender Studies · History · Law
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| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |