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UNINA9910453916703321 |
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Autore |
Koivunen Leila |
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Titolo |
Visualizing Africa in nineteenth-century British travel accounts [[electronic resource] /] / Leila Koivunen |
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New York, NY, : Routledge, 2008 |
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1-135-85612-5 |
1-281-83832-2 |
9786611838324 |
0-203-88463-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge research in travel writing ; ; 2 |
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Illustration of books - Great Britain - 19th century |
Travelers' writings, English - Africa - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
Africa Description and travel |
Africa Discovery and exploration |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Exploration and the Production of Travel Pictures; 1 The Framed View of Africa; 2 The Ideal of Visual Documentation; 3 Problematic Picturing; 4 Africa Captured in Pictures; Part II: Illustrations of Africa Take Shape in Europe; 5 Shared Eye-Witnessing; 6 Selection of Imagery; 7 The Inevitable Transformation; 8 Coping with the Unknown Continent; Conclusion: Africa through Western Eyes; Appendix 1: Explorer Biographies |
Appendix 2: The Number of Illustrations Contained within the Travel Books ExaminedNotes; Bibliography; Index |
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This study examines and explains how British explorers visualized the African interior in the latter part of the nineteenth century, providing the first sustained analysis of the process by which this visual material |
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was transformed into the illustrations in popular travel books. At that time, central Africa was, effectively, a blank canvas for Europeans, unknown and devoid of visual representations. While previous works have concentrated on exploring the stereotyped nature of printed imagery of Africa, this study examines the actual production process of images and the books in whic |
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UNISA996384289303316 |
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Autore |
Swetnam Joseph <fl. 1617.> |
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The arraignment of lewd, idle, froward, and unconstant women: or, the vanity of them, chuse you whether [[electronic resource] ] : With a commendation of the wise, vertuous, and honest woman. Pleasant for married-men, profitable for young-men, and hurtfull to none |
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Printed at London, : by T.C. for F. Gro. and are to be sold at his shop, at the upper-end of Snow-hill, neere the Sarazens head without New gate, 1637 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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"The epistle" is signed: Joseph Swetnam. |
Reproduction of original in the Victoria and Albert Museum National Art Library. |
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