Exotic Postcards
Title | Exotic Postcards PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Beukers |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 216 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Ethnology |
ISBN |
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.
The Colonial Harem
Title | The Colonial Harem PDF eBook |
Author | Malek Alloula |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | 168 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | France |
ISBN | 9780719019074 |
The Shipley Collection of Scientific Papers
Title | The Shipley Collection of Scientific Papers PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 610 |
Release | 1926 |
Genre | Zoology |
ISBN |
Postcards
Title | Postcards PDF eBook |
Author | David Prochaska |
Publisher | Penn State University Press |
Total Pages | 264 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN |
Examines postcards as images that are carriers of text, and textual correspondence that circulate images across boundaries of class, gender, nationality and race. Discusses issues concerning the concrete practices of production, consumption, collection and appropriation.
Guide to the Exhibited Series of Insects in the Department of Entomology, British Museum (Natural History ...
Title | Guide to the Exhibited Series of Insects in the Department of Entomology, British Museum (Natural History ... PDF eBook |
Author | British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 106 |
Release | 1926 |
Genre | Entomology |
ISBN |
DELIVERING VIEWS
Title | DELIVERING VIEWS PDF eBook |
Author | Christraud M. Geary |
Publisher | Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press |
Total Pages | 220 |
Release | 1998-04-17 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN |
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.
Museums Journal
Title | Museums Journal PDF eBook |
Author | Elijah Howarth |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 420 |
Release | 1926 |
Genre | Museums |
ISBN |
"Indexes to papers read before the Museums Association, 1890-1909. Comp. by Charles Madeley": v. 9, p. 427-452.