Visualizing Africa in nineteenth-century British travel accounts
By: Leila Koivunen.
Series: Routledge research in travel writing
Publisher: Routledge; Brand: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780415990011
Subjects: Illustration of books -- Great Britain -- 19th century; Travelers' writings, English -- Africa -- History and criticism; Africa -- Description and travel; Africa -- Discovery and exploration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Exploration and the production of travel pictures. The framed view of Africa; title: The ideal of visual documentation; title: Problematic picturing; title: Africa captured in pictures; title: Illustrations of Africa take shape in Europe. Shared eye-witnessing; title: Selection of imagery; title: The inevitable transformation; title: Coping with the unknown continent; title: Conclusion: Africa through western eyes.