Ruth Scobie

Celebrity Culture and the Myth of Oceania in Britain

1770-1823

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An intriguing case study on how popular images of Oceania, mediated through a developing culture of celebrity, contributed to the formation of British identity both domestically and as a nascent imperial power in the eighteenth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781783274086
• ISBN-10: 1783274085
• Artikelnr.: 54948256

Autorenporträt

Ruth Scobie

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: "See modern fame" Otaheite and the scandal of celebrity The
immortality of James Cook Consuming the Bounty mutiny Botany Bay and the
limits of the public sphere Epilogue: The Unknown Public, and Tahiti as it
Was Bibliography Index