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UNINA9910782213903321 |
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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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ISBN |
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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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Soggetti |
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Illustration of books - Great Britain - 19th century |
Travelers' writings, English - Africa - History and criticism |
Africa Description and travel |
Africa Discovery and exploration |
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Formato |
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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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 was transformed into the illustrations in popular travel books. At that time, central Africa was, effectively, a blank canvas for Europeans, |
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