Kenyan Nubians and the Myth of Nubian Resilience.
Often defined and examined as a human characteristic enacted under duress, resilience receives little attention as to how, why, and for whom it is valued. By exploring resilience as a colonial myth or discursive device, this article investigates how racialized ideas of the late nineteenth century in...
| Publicado en: | American Historical Review Vol. 129; no. 4; pp. 1619 - 1641 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2024
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