Leila Koivunen

Visualizing Africa in Nineteenth-Century British Travel Accounts (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This study provides the first sustained analysis of the process by which images of Africa were transformed into the illustrations of the continent that appeared in nineteenth-century European travel books. Koivunen examines the actual production process of images and the books in which they were published in order to demonstrate how, why, and by whom the images were manipulated.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135856120
• Artikelnr.: 42983697

Autorenporträt

Leila Koivunen is a Finnish historian and an Adjunct Professor in the School of History at the University of Turku.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations. List of Abbreviations. Acknowledgements. Introduction Part 1: 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 2: 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. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index

Rezensionen

"Leila Koivunen's study makes an impressive contribution to the growing body of critical work on Victorian travel writing."
- Adrian S. Wisnicki, Birkbeck, University of London and Fordham University

"Leila Koivunen's study makes an impressive contribution to the growing body of critical work on Victorian travel writing."
- Adrian S. Wisnicki, Birkbeck, University of London and Fordham University