Visualizing Empire - Africa, Europe, and the Politics of Representation (Paperback)

An exploration of how an official French visual culture normalized France's colonial project and exposed citizens and subjects to racialized ideas of life in the empire. By the end of World War I, having fortified its colonial holdings in the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, the Indian Ocean, and Asia, France had expanded its dominion to the four corners of the earth. This volume examines how an official French visual culture normalized the country's colonial project and exposed citizens and subjects alike to racialized ideas of life in the empire. Essays analyze aspects of colonialism through investigations into the art, popular literature, material culture, film, and exhibitions that represented, celebrated, or were created for France's colonies across the seas. These studies draw from the rich documents and media--photographs, albums, postcards, maps, posters, advertisements, and children's games--related to the nineteenth- and twentieth-century French empire that are held in the Getty Research Institute's Association Connaissance de l'histoire de l'Afrique contemporaine (ACHAC) collections. ACHAC is a consortium of scholars and researchers devoted to exploring and promoting discussions of race, iconography, and the colonial and postcolonial periods of Africa and Europe.

General

Imprint:	Getty Research Institute,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	BIBLIOTHECA PAEDIATRICA REF KARGER
Release date:	2021
Authors:	Rebecca Peabody • Stephen Nelson • Dominic Thomas
Dimensions:	255 x 179 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-1-60606-668-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Colonization & independence Books > History > African history > General Books > History > European history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-60606-668-4
Barcode:	9781606066683

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