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Pascal BLANCHARD, Nicolas BANCEL, Gilles BOËTSCH, Dominic THOMAS, Christelle TARAUD

Based on more than a thousand paintings, illustrations, photographs and objects spread over six centuries of history in the crucible of all colonial empires, from the conquistadors, to the slave systems, particularly in the United States, to decolonization, this book focuses on a complex and taboo history. A history whose traces are still visible today, in post-colonial issues, migration issues or the mixing of identities.
It is the story of a multifaceted fascination and violence. It is also the revelation of the incredible image production that has created the exotic gaze and fantasies of the West. An original project both in terms of its editorial ambition and its desire to bring together the best international specialists, the objective of Sexe, race & colonies is to draw up a complete panorama of this forgotten and ignored past, following step by step this long story of the domination of bodies.