Abstract
Rødje and Thorsen’s chapter on the Danish debate on race offers a case-specific in-depth analysis of the mechanisms at play when media debates shift focus from race to political correctness. Taking its point of departure in the summer 2015 debate in Denmark about the amusement park Djurs Sommerland and its themed area “Afrikaland”, which featured a Hottentot carousel and cannibal stewpot ride, the chapter illustrates how racialization processes come into play but also how they are questioned or delegitimized in debates surrounding caricature and racial artifacts.
Take an exciting Jungle Safari and help Chico the Ape by freeing his friends from the dangerous poachers. Or act like Tarzan and show off your muscles on the exciting Tarzanbaner. Finish with a spin on Hottentot Karrusellen, before ending up in a family stew in the dangerous Kannibal Gryder. (Djurs Sommerland, 2017)
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Rødje, K., Thorsen, T.S.S. (2019). (Re)Framing Racialization: Djurs Sommerland as a Battleground of (Anti-)Racism. In: Hervik, P. (eds) Racialization, Racism, and Anti-Racism in the Nordic Countries. Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74630-2_11
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