Visualizing Africa in Nineteenth-Century British Travel Accounts

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, African
Cover of the book Visualizing Africa in Nineteenth-Century British Travel Accounts by Leila Koivunen, Taylor and Francis
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Author: Leila Koivunen ISBN: 9781135856113
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: November 19, 2008
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Leila Koivunen
ISBN: 9781135856113
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: November 19, 2008
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This study examines and explains how British explorers visualized the African interior in the latter part of the nineteenth century, providing the first sustained analysis of the process by which this visual material was transformed into the illustrations in popular travel books. At that time, central Africa was, effectively, a blank canvas for Europeans, unknown and devoid of visual representations.

While previous works have concentrated on exploring the stereotyped nature of printed imagery of Africa, this study 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. Thus, the main focus of the work is not on the aesthetic value of pictures, but in the activities, interaction, and situations that gave birth to them in both Africa and Europe.

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This study examines and explains how British explorers visualized the African interior in the latter part of the nineteenth century, providing the first sustained analysis of the process by which this visual material was transformed into the illustrations in popular travel books. At that time, central Africa was, effectively, a blank canvas for Europeans, unknown and devoid of visual representations.

While previous works have concentrated on exploring the stereotyped nature of printed imagery of Africa, this study 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. Thus, the main focus of the work is not on the aesthetic value of pictures, but in the activities, interaction, and situations that gave birth to them in both Africa and Europe.

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