LEADER 03323nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910817603603321 005 20240418094601.0 010 $a1-135-85612-5 010 $a1-281-83832-2 010 $a9786611838324 010 $a0-203-88463-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000549885 035 $a(EBL)366331 035 $a(OCoLC)437233723 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000268112 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218100 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268112 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10214373 035 $a(PQKB)11410153 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC366331 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL366331 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10258075 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL183832 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000549885 100 $a20080623d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVisualizing Africa in nineteenth-century British travel accounts /$fLeila Koivunen 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York, NY $cRoutledge$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge research in travel writing ;$v2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-69962-2 311 $a0-415-99001-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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 327 $aAppendix 2: The Number of Illustrations Contained within the Travel Books ExaminedNotes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis study examines and explains how British explorers visualized the African interior in the latter part of the nineteenth century, providing the first sustained analysis of the process by which this visual material was transformed into the illustrations in popular travel books. At that time, central Africa was, effectively, a blank canvas for Europeans, unknown and devoid of visual representations. While previous works have concentrated on exploring the stereotyped nature of printed imagery of Africa, this study examines the actual production process of images and the books in whic 410 0$aRoutledge research in travel writing ;$v2. 606 $aIllustration of books$zGreat Britain$y19th century 606 $aTravelers' writings, English$zAfrica$xHistory and criticism 607 $aAfrica$xDescription and travel 607 $aAfrica$xDiscovery and exploration 615 0$aIllustration of books 615 0$aTravelers' writings, English$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a760/.0449916 676 $a916.0423 700 $aKoivunen$b Leila$01634528 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817603603321 996 $aVisualizing Africa in nineteenth-century British travel accounts$93974779 997 $aUNINA