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Download or read book Postcards from Africa written by and published by MFA Publications. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A close look at photographic postcards made in Africa in the first decades of the twentieth century reveals surprising images and tells their often-complicated stories. Photographers in Africa grasped the opportunity to serve a lucrative market for images of the continent, both locally and worldwide, during the global postcard craze that peaked around 1900 and continued for several decades. Their picture postcards now contribute to understanding political, social and cultural changes in Africa at the time, as the rise of the new medium coincided with the expansion and consolidation of colonial rule. They also provide a way to reconstruct the life and work of the photographers of European, African and other backgrounds who created these images - which often survive only in postcard form - and in some cases published them as well. The cards were produced for residents and travellers in Africa, as well as for buyers and collectors who had never set foot on the continent. Their depictions of colonial administrations, exploitation of resources and peoples, as well as images inscribing tribal identities and racial classifications, often reflect the colonizers' worldview. Yet it is also possible to recover the authorship of some of the African women and men who participated in these photographic encounters. For instance, some cards show that members of Africa's elites recognized the power of photographic images to enhance their standing and present their own narratives. Postcards from Africa reproduces a significant selection of these complex cards - the majority drawn from the extensive Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - accompanied by a leading scholar's exploration of the stories they tell.
Download or read book South Africa written by Zoe Dawson and published by Raintree. This book was released on 1996 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of fictional postcards, written as if by young people visiting South Africa, describes the sights and historical background of that country.
Download or read book Postcard from South Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hazel sends her grand daughter a postcard from South Africa, along the way the postcard has it's own adventures.
Download or read book African Textiles written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis VINTAGE POSTCARDS FROM THE AFRICAN WORLD by : Jessica B. Harris
Download or read book VINTAGE POSTCARDS FROM THE AFRICAN WORLD written by Jessica B. Harris and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary view of the bounty of Africa and its diaspora.
Book Synopsis Vintage Postcards from the African World by : Jessica B. Harris
Download or read book Vintage Postcards from the African World written by Jessica B. Harris and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over forty years, professor and culinary historian Jessica B. Harris has collected postcards depicting Africans and their descendants in the American diaspora. They are presented for the first time in this exquisite volume. Vintage Postcards from the African World: In the Dignity of Their Work and the Joy of Their Play brings together more than 150 images, providing a visual document of more than a century of work in agricultural and culinary pursuits and joy in entertainments, parades, and celebrations. Organized by geography—Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States—as well as by the types of scenes depicted—the farm, the garden, and the sea; the marketplace; the vendors and the cooks; leisure, entertainments, and festivities—the images capture the dignity of the labors of everyday life and the pride of festive occasions. Superb and rare images demonstrate everything from how Africans and their descendants dressed to what tools they used to how their entertainments provided relief from toil. Three essays accompany the postcards, one of which details Harris’s collection and the collecting process. A second presents suggestions on how to interpret the cards. A final essay gives brief information on the history of postcards and postcard dating and its increasing use and value to scholars.
Book Synopsis Postcards from South Africa by : Rayda Jacobs
Download or read book Postcards from South Africa written by Rayda Jacobs and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 2004 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this powerful, poignant and distinctively South African collection of short stories, Rayda Jacobs - leaving suddenly for Canada at the age of 21, to return for good only 27 years later - seeks to understand the deep marks that South Africa has left upon her.
Book Synopsis Speaking Truth to Power: Selected Pan-African Postcards by : Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem
Download or read book Speaking Truth to Power: Selected Pan-African Postcards written by Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem and published by Fahamu/Pambazuka. This book was released on 2010-05-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untimely death of Dr. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem in 2009on African Liberation Day stunned the Pan-African world. This lively selection of his weekly Pan-African Postcards demonstrates the brilliant wordsmith he was and his steadfast commitment to Pan-Africanism andoffers a legacy of political, social, and cultural thought from his determination to speak truth to power. Showcasing the author'sexceptional ability to express complex ideas in an engaging manner, this book presents his philosophy on diverse but intersecting themes: his fundamental respect for the capabilities, potential, and contribution of women in transforming Africa; penetrating truths directed at African politicians and their conduct; and deliberations on the institutional progress towards African Union. He reflects on culture and emphasizes the commonalities of African people. Also represented are his denunciations of international financial institutions, the G8 and NGOs in Africa, with incisive analysis of imperialism's manifestations and impact on the lives of African people, and his passion for eliminating poverty in Africa."
Book Synopsis DELIVERING VIEWS by : Christraud M. Geary
Download or read book DELIVERING VIEWS written by Christraud M. Geary and published by Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. This book was released on 1998-04-17 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors discuss the differences between original photographs and their postcard equivalents, and they explore in detail common practices - such as artificial settings, costumes and props, colorization, and patronizing captions - that perpetuated racist, sexist, and romantic stereotypes.
Book Synopsis World on the Horizon by : Prita Meier
Download or read book World on the Horizon written by Prita Meier and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The multiauthored book accompanying the World on the Horizon exhibition organized by Krannert Art Museum is the first interdisciplinary study of Swahili visual arts and their historically deep and enduring connections to eastern and central Africa, the port towns of the western Indian Ocean, Europe, and the United States. At once exhibition catalogue and scholarly inquiry, the publication features eighteen essays in a mix of formats - personal reflections, object biographies, as well as more in-depth critical treatments - and includes never before published images of works from the National Museums of Kenya and Bait Al Zubair Museum in Oman. By approaching the east African coast as a vibrant arena of global cultural convergence, these essays offer compelling new perspectives on the situated yet mobile and deeply networked social lives of Swahili objects. Moving between the broader structural relations of political economic change to more intimate narratives through which such change is experienced, the essays throw light on the ways in which the material fabric of the arts structure Swahili people's sense of self and community in an ever-changing world of oceanic and terrestrial movement.
Book Synopsis The Colonial Harem by : Malek Alloula
Download or read book The Colonial Harem written by Malek Alloula and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Angola and Steuben County in Vintage Postcards by : John Martin Smith
Download or read book Angola and Steuben County in Vintage Postcards written by John Martin Smith and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Past visitors to the famous lakes of Steuben County had a wide range of interesting images on postcards to send back home or to add to their collections. The favorite locations and activities of vacationers were chronicled in the postcards that have been passed down through generations. Featuring more than 200 vintage postcards, Angola and Steuben County captures fleeting images that reflect the interesting and significant scenes of Steuben County's towns and day-to-day activities at the turn of the century. From thriving squares and bustling industries, to pleasant residential and lake areas, these postcards embrace the past and offer a glimpse into the lives and activities of a different era.
Book Synopsis Mauritius 500 Early Postcards by : Yvan Martial
Download or read book Mauritius 500 Early Postcards written by Yvan Martial and published by Editions Didier Millet. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 18th century, people from Europe, Africa, India and China have made Mauritius their home. The result is a charming mix of cultural and religious traditions, against the backdrop of a tropical paradise. The dramatic landscapes of Mauritius feature high mountain peaks, white beaches and untouched rainforest, as well as rich fauna and flora. This is a welcoming country, where the people live in harmony with their natural surroundings. This selection of postcards from André de Kervern's collection is a timeless record of Mauritius. Each chapter focuses on a different region including the north, south, centre and the capital Port Louis, as well as on the island's people. Classic scenes of sugar cane plantations, railways, parades, horse races and verdant landscapes were all widely circulated fragments of cinéma-vérité. Complete with detailed captions and essays by Yvan Martial, these postcards offer glimpses of life in Mauritius from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Book Synopsis The Early Postcards of the British East Africa Protectorate/Kenya by : P. C. Evans
Download or read book The Early Postcards of the British East Africa Protectorate/Kenya written by P. C. Evans and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exotic Postcards written by Alan Beukers and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haunting postcard images of the non-Western world from a century ago. The antique postcards depicted here were acquired in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by Western tourists, business people, traders, and colonialists. The circumstances in which the cards were sent, and the details of those who sent them, are largely lost. Yet the audience for collecting them has enjoyed a spectacular growth in recent years and includes not only those with the collecting instinct or the desire to travel but also artists, photographic historians, fashion and jewelry specialists, and designers everywhere. Once it was believed that by taking someone's portrait you stole that person's soul. Here, the human subjects have a powerful presence because they express a deep-seated connection with the land and customs that gave them their identities. Their stories are implicit in their eyes, their costumes, and their postures. Reproduced with complete fidelity, these postcards take us on a magical journey across the world in five travelogues, depicting Asia, the Arab Lands, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania. The book is introduced by one of the greatest and most successful travel writers of our time.
Book Synopsis Luigi Ghirri postcards by : Luigi Ghirri
Download or read book Luigi Ghirri postcards written by Luigi Ghirri and published by . This book was released on 2016-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 18 postcards presenting images from the remarkable oeuvre of the enigmatic Italian photographer Luigi Ghirri. Spanning 1970 to 1992, this curated selection includes many of his classic photographs, as well as lesser known images mined from his archives.
Book Synopsis A Johannesburg Album by : I. Norwich
Download or read book A Johannesburg Album written by I. Norwich and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
