Spectacle : the astonishing life of Ota Benga / Pamela Newkirk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newkirk, Pamela, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Benga, Ota.

Mbuti (African people)--United States--Biography.

Mbuti (African people).

Pygmies--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Biography.

Pygmies.

Pygmies--United States--Biography.

Pygmies--Crimes against--Congo (Democratic Republic).

Human zoos--United States--History--20th century.

Human zoos.

United States--Social life and customs--20th century.

United States.

Manners and customs.

Pygmies--Crimes against.

Congo (Democratic Republic).

Genre:

Narrative non-fiction.

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 297 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Life of Ota Benga

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]

Summary:

"Describes the cruelty and prevalent racial prejudice in early-twentieth-century America that resulted in a Congolese man being featured in an exhibit in the 1904 World's Fair and then displayed in the Monkey House of a New York zoo, "--Amazon.com.

Contents:

Part I. Caged. Gardens of wonder ; The Bronx Zoo monkey house ; Crimes of the Congo ; Hornaday's folly ; Benga's brigade ; Fighting City Hall ; Benga speaks ; Backlash ; Nature's fury ; Deliverance

Part II. Captured. Samuel Phillips Verner ; Luebo Mission ; Kondola, Kassongo, and Verner's African treasures ; The hunt ; Verner's prey ; The St. Louis World's Fair ; Congo field notes ; Leopold's lobby ; Benga's choice ; A museum most unnatural ; Fondless farewell

Part III. Free. Weeksville refuge ; St. James ; Southern comfort ; Home ; Free ; Homegoing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-297).

Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Nonfiction, 2016.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

ISBN:

9780062201003

006220100X

OCLC:

890435450

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