{"product_id":"the-portrait-and-the-colonial-simon-dell-9789462702158","title":"The Portrait and the Colonial Imaginary: Photography Between France and Africa, 1900-1939","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrench colonisers of the Third Republic claimed not to oppress but to liberate, imagining they were spreading republican ideals to the colonies to make a Greater France. In this book Simon Dell explores the various roles played by portraiture in this colonial imaginary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone interested in the history of colonial Africa will have encountered innumerable portraits of African elites produced during the first half of the twentieth century, yet no book to date has focused on these ubiquitous images. Dell analyses the production and dissemination of such portraits and situates them in a complex and conflicted field of representations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving between European and African perspectives, \u003ci\u003eThe Colonial Imaginary\u003c\/i\u003e blends history with art history to provide insights into the larger processes that were transforming the French metropole and colonies during the early twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Dell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9462702152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789462702158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Leuven University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.60w x 0.65d","brand":"Simon Dell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982932738303,"sku":"9789462702158","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11289c65-4e0f-4fdf-9d73-182fe08b58c1.jpg?v=1683263762","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-portrait-and-the-colonial-simon-dell-9789462702158","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}