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ISBN 13 : 9780989642309
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)
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.
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Publisher : MFA Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780878468553
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (685 download)
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.
Author : Martin P. Nicholson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the Postcards of Southern Africa: Sallo Epstein written by Martin P. Nicholson and published by . This book was released on 199? with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : I. Norwich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
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:
Author : Rayda Jacobs
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781919930619
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (36 download)
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.
Author : Robert Bogdan
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815608516
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Real Photo Postcard Guide written by Robert Bogdan and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-21 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Real Photo Postcard Guide is an informative, comprehensive, and practical treatment of this wildly popular American phenomenon that dominated the United States photographic market during the first third of the twentieth century. Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh draw on extensive research and observation to address all aspects of the photo postcard from its history, origin, and cultural significance to practical matters like dating, purchasing, condition, and preservation. Illustrated with over 350 exceptional photo postcards taken from archives and private collections across the country, the scope of the Real Photo Postcard Guide spans technical considerations of production, characteristics of superior images, collecting categories, and methods of research for dating photo postcards and investigating their photographers. In a broader sense, the authors show how "real photo postcards" document the social history of America. From family outings and workplace awards to lynchings and natural disasters, every image captures a moment of American cultural history from the society that generated them. Bogdan and Weseloh’s book provides an admirable integration of informative text and compelling photographic illustrations. Collectors, archivists, photographers, photo historians, social scientists, and anyone interested in the visual documentation of America will find the Real Photo Postcard Guide indispensable.
Author : Judith B. Hecker
Publisher : The Museum of Modern Art
ISBN 13 : 0870707566
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now written by Judith B. Hecker and published by The Museum of Modern Art. This book was released on 2011 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encompassing black-and-white linoleum cuts made at community art centres in the 1960s and 1970s, resistance posters and other political art of the 1980s, and the wide variety of subjects and techniques explored by artists in printships over the last two decades, printmaking has been a driving force in contemporary South African artistic and political expression. Impressions from South Africa: 1965 to Now, published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, introduces the vital role of printmaking through works by more than twenty artists in the Museum's collection. The volume features prints by John Muafangejo and Dan Rakgoathe, a selection of posters produced for anti-apartheid coalitions in the 1980s, and nuanced political work by SueWilliamson, Norman Catherine andWilliam Kentridge. The book features many more recent projects, demonstrating the contemporary relevance of the medium in South Africa today. The work, presented in a generous plate section, is contextualized in an introduction by Judith B. Hecker, and accompanied by brief biographies of the artists, a timeline of relevant events in South African history, and a selected bibliography.
Author : Penguin
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0141044667
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Postcards from Penguin written by Penguin and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 100 postcards, each featuring a different and iconic Penguin book jacket. From classics to crime, here are over seventy years of quintessentially British design in one box. In 1935 Allen Lane stood on a platform at Exeter railway station, looking for a good book for the journey to London. His disappointment at the poor range of paperbacks on offer led him to found Penguin Books. The quality paperback had arrived. Declaring that 'good design is no more expensive than bad', Lane was adamant that his Penguin paperbacks should cost no more than a packet of cigarettes, but that they should always look distinctive. Ever since then, from their original - now world-famous - look featuring three bold horizontal stripes, through many different stylish, inventive and iconic cover designs, Penguin's paperback jackets have been a constantly evolving part of Britain's culture. And whether they're for classics, crime, reference or prize-winning novels, they still follow Allen Lane's original design mantra. Sometimes, you definitely should judge a book by its cover.
Author : Lorraine Loots
Publisher : Jacana Media
ISBN 13 : 9781928230274
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)
Download or read book 365 Postcards for Ants written by Lorraine Loots and published by Jacana Media. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postcards For Ants is an exquisite retrospective collection from miniaturist artist and global Instagram phenomenon Lorraine Loots. It includes high-quality reproductions of her entire 2014 collection: 365 miniature watercolours inspired by Cape Town in its role as World Design Capital 2014. Part art book, part Cape Town tourist guide, Postcards For Ants puts a microscope onto one of the world s most beautiful cities, and is an instant collector s must-have."
Author : Jessica B. Harris
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496827708
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)
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 153 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.
Author : Lydia Pyne
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 178914485X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)
Download or read book Postcards written by Lydia Pyne and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2021-10-13 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A global exploration of postcards as artifacts at the intersection of history, science, technology, art, and culture. Postcards are usually associated with banal holiday pleasantries, but they are made possible by sophisticated industries and institutions, from printers to postal services. When they were invented, postcards established what is now taken for granted in modern times: the ability to send and receive messages around the world easily and inexpensively. Fundamentally they are about creating personal connections—links between people, places, and beliefs. Lydia Pyne examines postcards on a global scale, to understand them as artifacts that are at the intersection of history, science, technology, art, and culture. In doing so, she shows how postcards were the first global social network and also, here in the twenty-first century, how postcards are not yet extinct.
Author : David H. Mould
Publisher : Open Books Publishing (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9781948598422
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (984 download)
Download or read book Postcards from the Borderlands written by David H. Mould and published by Open Books Publishing (UK). This book was released on 2020-11-13 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the meaning of borders in our world.?What are borders? Are they simply political and geographical, marked by posts, walls and fences, or should we think of them more broadly? Consider the borders within countries, marked by race, ethnicity, or caste. Borders may be physical and economic, and even perceptual-the borders of our minds. ?In Postcards from the Borderlands, historian and journalist David Mould rambles through a dozen countries in Asia, Southern Africa and Eastern Europe by car, bus, train, shared taxi and ferry, exploring what borders mean to their peoples.?Mould finds topics of interest even in the most ordinary places-an airport departure lounge, a food court, a roadside restaurant, a government office. Every road trip offers a moving window display of landscape features, crops, livestock, houses, churches, temples, mosques, schools, factories, military bases, vehicles. He notes what people are selling on the roadside and the markets, the restaurant menu, the indecipherable instructions for the TV remote in his hotel room. What people wear. What they eat. How they talk to each other. The questions they ask him. The questions he asks them. Away from the tourist hotspots, he finds that it is often the commonplace that is most fascinating and revealing of culture.
Author : Thessaly La Force
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316225002
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)
Download or read book My Ideal Bookshelf written by Thessaly La Force and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books that we choose to keep -- let alone read -- can say a lot about who we are and how we see ourselves. In My Ideal Bookshelf, dozens of leading cultural figures share the books that matter to them most; books that define their dreams and ambitions and in many cases helped them find their way in the world. Contributors include Malcolm Gladwell, Thomas Keller, Michael Chabon, Alice Waters, James Patterson, Maira Kalman, Judd Apatow, Chuck Klosterman, Miranda July, Alex Ross, Nancy Pearl, David Chang, Patti Smith, Jennifer Egan, and Dave Eggers, among many others. With colorful and endearingly hand-rendered images of book spines by Jane Mount, and first-person commentary from all the contributors, this is a perfect gift for avid readers, writers, and all who have known the influence of a great book.
Author : Patrick Syme
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Werner's nomenclature of colours, with additions by P. Syme written by Patrick Syme and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yvan Martial
Publisher : Editions Didier Millet
ISBN 13 : 9814260479
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (142 download)
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 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.
Author : Malek Alloula
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719019074
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)
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:
Author : Aidan Chambers
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1407077759
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Postcards from No Man's Land written by Aidan Chambers and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacob, aged 17, is abroad on his own for the time, visiting his grandfather's grave at the commemoration of the Second World War Battle of Arnhem in Holland. Jacob's life-changing experiences are interwoven with the extraordinary wartime story of passion and treachery that he learns from Geertrui, whose family is linked to Jacob's in a way he never suspected. The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults. From political awakening, war and unrequited love to addiction, teenage pregnancy and nuclear holocaust, The Originals confront big issues and articulate difficult truths. The collection includes: The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton, I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith, Postcards from No Man's Land - Aidan Chambers, After the First Death - Robert Cormier, Dear Nobody - Berlie Doherty, The Endless Steppe - Esther Hautzig, Buddy - Nigel Hinton, Across the Barricades - Joan Lingard, The Twelfth Day of July - Joan Lingard, No Turning Back - Beverley Naidoo, Z for Zachariah - Richard C. O'Brien, The Wave - Morton Rhue, The Red Pony - John Steinbeck, The Pearl - John Steinbeck, Stone Cold - Robert Swindells.
