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University of California Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. University of California Press ISBN 0520229495 9780520229495 [US]
Images and Empires: Visuality in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa
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Berkeley. 2002. University of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0520229495. 380 pages. paperback. keywords: Anthropology Post-Colonial Africa Colonialism History. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Figurative images have long played a critical, if largely unexamined, role in Africa–mediating relationships between the colonizer and the colonized, the state and the individual, and the global and the local. This pivotal volume considers the meaning and power of images in African history and culture. Paul S. Landau and Deborah Kaspin have assembled a wide-ranging collection of essays dealing with specific visual forms, including monuments, cinema, cartoons, domestic and professional photography, body art, world fairs, and museum exhibits. The contributors, experts in a number of disciplines, discuss various modes of visuality in Africa and of Africa, investigating the interplay of visual images with personal identity, class, gender, politics, and wealth. Integral to the argument of the book are over seventy contextualized illustrations. Africans saw foreigners in margarine wrappers, Tintin cartoons, circus posters, and Hollywood movies; westerners gleaned impressions of Africans from colonial exhibitions, Tarzan films, and naturalist magazines. The authors provide concrete examples of the construction of Africa's image in the modern world. They reveal how imperial iconographies sought to understand, deny, control, or transform authority, as well as the ...
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Paperback / softback. New. Considers the meaning and power of images in African history and culture. This title assembles a range of collection of essays dealing with specific visual forms, including monuments, cinema, cartoons, domestic and professional photography, body art, world fairs, and museum exhibits. ISBN 0520229495 9780520229495 [GB]
Landau Paul Stuart Editor/ Kaspin Deborah D. Editor
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Univ of California Pr, Date: 2002. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 380 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.25 inches. 2002. Univ of California Pr ISBN 0520229495 9780520229495 [GB]
Landau Paul Stuart Editor/ Kaspin Deborah D. Editor
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Univ of California Pr, Date: 2002. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 380 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.25 inches. 2002. Univ of California Pr ISBN 0520229495 9780520229495 [GB]
University of California Press, Date: 2002-10-07. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2002. University of California Press ISBN 0520229495 9780520229495 [US]
ISBN10: 0520229495, ISBN13: 9780520229495, [publisher: University of California Press] Softcover Considers the meaning and power of images in African history and culture. This title assembles a range of collection of essays dealing with specific visual forms, including monuments, cinema, cartoons, domestic and professional photography, body art, world . [Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2002]
ISBN10: 0520229495, ISBN13: 9780520229495, [publisher: University of California Press] Softcover Considers the meaning and power of images in African history and culture. This title assembles a range of collection of essays dealing with specific visual forms, including monuments, cinema, cartoons, domestic and professional photography, body art, world . [Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2002]
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