Visualizing Africa in nineteenth-century British travel accounts
Koivunen, Leila
Visualizing Africa in nineteenth-century British travel accounts [electronic resource] / Leila Koivunen - New York : Routledge, c2009 - 1 online resource (xvi, 351 p.) : ill. - Routledge research in travel writing ; 2 . - Routledge research in travel writing ; 2 .
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-344) and index
Exploration and the production of travel pictures. The framed view of Africa ; The ideal of visual documentation ; Problematic picturing ; Africa captured in pictures -- Illustrations of Africa take shape in Europe. Shared eye-witnessing ; Selection of imagery ; The inevitable transformation ; Coping with the unknown continent -- Conclusion: Africa through western eyes
Mode of access : Internet
0203884639 (electronic bk.) 9780203884638 (electronic bk.) 6611838325 (electronic bk.) 9786611838324 (electronic bk.)
Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century
Travelers' writings, English--History and criticism--Africa
Africa--Description and travel
Africa--Discovery and exploration
Visualizing Africa in nineteenth-century British travel accounts [electronic resource] / Leila Koivunen - New York : Routledge, c2009 - 1 online resource (xvi, 351 p.) : ill. - Routledge research in travel writing ; 2 . - Routledge research in travel writing ; 2 .
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-344) and index
Exploration and the production of travel pictures. The framed view of Africa ; The ideal of visual documentation ; Problematic picturing ; Africa captured in pictures -- Illustrations of Africa take shape in Europe. Shared eye-witnessing ; Selection of imagery ; The inevitable transformation ; Coping with the unknown continent -- Conclusion: Africa through western eyes
Mode of access : Internet
0203884639 (electronic bk.) 9780203884638 (electronic bk.) 6611838325 (electronic bk.) 9786611838324 (electronic bk.)
Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century
Travelers' writings, English--History and criticism--Africa
Africa--Description and travel
Africa--Discovery and exploration