03359nam 2200673Ia 450 991045391670332120200520144314.01-135-85612-51-281-83832-297866118383240-203-88463-9(CKB)1000000000549885(EBL)366331(OCoLC)437233723(SSID)ssj0000268112(PQKBManifestationID)11218100(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268112(PQKBWorkID)10214373(PQKB)11410153(MiAaPQ)EBC366331(Au-PeEL)EBL366331(CaPaEBR)ebr10258075(CaONFJC)MIL183832(EXLCZ)99100000000054988520080623d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVisualizing Africa in nineteenth-century British travel accounts[electronic resource] /Leila KoivunenNew York, NY Routledge20081 online resource (368 p.)Routledge research in travel writing ;2Description based upon print version of record.0-415-69962-2 0-415-99001-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 BiographiesAppendix 2: The Number of Illustrations Contained within the Travel Books ExaminedNotes; Bibliography; IndexThis 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, 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 whicRoutledge research in travel writing ;2.Illustration of booksGreat Britain19th centuryTravelers' writings, EnglishAfricaHistory and criticismAfricaDescription and travelAfricaDiscovery and explorationElectronic books.Illustration of booksTravelers' writings, EnglishHistory and criticism.760/.0449916916.0423Koivunen Leila874992MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453916703321Visualizing Africa in nineteenth-century British travel accounts1953349UNINA