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The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran/ (Record no. 6484)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781478026013
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Title The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran/
Statement of responsibility, etc. Beeta Baghoolizadeh
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Duke University Press;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2024
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 248p;
Dimensions 23x15cm
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. In The Color Black, Beeta Baghoolizadeh traces the twin processes of enslavement and erasure of Black people in Iran during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She illustrates how geopolitical changes and technological advancements in the nineteenth century made enslaved East Africans uniquely visible in their servitude in wealthy and elite Iranian households. During this time, Blackness, Africanness, and enslavement became intertwined—and interchangeable—in Iranian imaginations. After the end of slavery in 1929, the implementation of abolition involved an active process of erasure on a national scale, such that a collective amnesia regarding slavery and racism persists today. The erasure of enslavement resulted in the erasure of Black Iranians as well. Baghoolizadeh draws on photographs, architecture, theater, circus acts, newspapers, films, and more to document how the politics of visibility framed discussions around enslavement and abolition during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In this way, Baghoolizadeh makes visible the people and histories that were erased from Iran and its diaspora.
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Language note English
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element HN50-995 Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform- By region or country
651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Iran
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Koha item type Book
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        Social Sciences SAF Reference Library SAF Reference Library 02/12/2026   HN50-995 97.25 6484 02/17/2026 02/17/2026 Book
        Social Sciences SAF Reference Library SAF Reference Library 02/12/2026   HN50-995 97.25   02/17/2026 02/17/2026 Book

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