Visualizing Africa in Nineteenth-Century British Travel Accounts
| Author | : Leila Koivunen |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 368 |
| Release | : 2008-11-19 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781135856120 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1135856125 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (125 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Visualizing Africa in Nineteenth-Century British Travel Accounts by : Leila Koivunen
Download or read book Visualizing Africa in Nineteenth-Century British Travel Accounts written by Leila Koivunen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-11-19 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.