A Victorian traveler in the Middle East : the photography and travel writing of Annie Lady Brassey /...
A Victorian traveler in the Middle East : the photography and travel writing of Annie Lady Brassey /...
A Victorian traveler in the Middle East : the photography and travel writing of Annie Lady Brassey / Nancy Micklewright.
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Publisher
Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2003.
Call Numbers
N779.9956/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2003.
Place of Publication
Vermont
Date Published
c2003.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Juxtaposing the albums of Lady Brassey, an overlooked figure among Victorian women travelers, with Brassey's travel books, Nancy Micklewright takes advantage of a unique opportunity to examine the role of photography in the 1870s and 1880s in constructing ideas about place and empire.".
While confirming some earlier work about constructions of the Orient by the British during the time, this book offers a much more detailed and nuanced understanding of how photographic and literary constructions were related to individual experience and identity within a larger British identity."--BOOK JACKET....
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A Victorian traveler in the Middle East : the photography and travel writing of Annie Lady Brassey / Nancy Micklewright.
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Includes bibliographical references and index..
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Date Copyright
c2003.
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N779.9956/1
Record Identifier
74Vv5jOEPlgM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv5jOEPlgM
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ISBN
0754632024 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780754632023 (alk. paper)
0754632024 (alk. paper)
9780754632023 (hbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
779.9956015
MMS ID
991017824509702626
