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. This fascinating book analyses the ways in which African peoples and their material culture were represented in Britain at this time, the justifications for imperial expansion implicit in the displays, and the effects that this had on racial stereotyping and prejudice. Annie Coombes...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0300059728
ISBN13:9780300059724
Release Date:October 1994
Publisher:Yale University Press
Length:280 Pages
Weight:2.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 7.8" x 10.4"
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