An edition of Reinventing Africa (1994)

Reinventing Africa

Museums, Material Culture and Popular Imagination in Late Victorian and Edwardian England

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An edition of Reinventing Africa (1994)

Reinventing Africa

Museums, Material Culture and Popular Imagination in Late Victorian and Edwardian England

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"Between 1890 and 1918, British colonial expansion in Africa led to the removal of many valuable African artifacts that were subsequently brought to Britain and displayed. Annie Coombes argues that this activity had profound repercussions for the construction of a national identity within Britain itself - the effects of which are still with us today." "Coombes argues that although endlessly reiterated racial stereotypes were disseminated through popular images of all things 'African', this was no simple reproduction of imperial ideology. There were a number of different and sometimes conflicting representations of 'Africa' and of what it was to be African - representations that varied according to political, institutional and disciplinary pressures. In particular, the professionalisation of anthropology over this period played a crucial role in the popularisation of contradictory ideas about African culture to a mass public. Pioneering in its interdisciplinary research, this book offers valuable insights for art and design historians, historians of culture, imperialism and anthropology, social historians, anthropologists and museologists."--BOOK JACKET.

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English
Pages
288

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Library of Congress
DT32.1.C66 1994

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
288
Dimensions
10.1 x 7.6 x 0.7 inches
Weight
2.1 pounds

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Open Library
OL9459395M
ISBN 10
0300068905
ISBN 13
9780300068900
Library Thing
640607
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893121

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