| Description |
vii, 199 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Views on Postcards / Christraud M. Geary and Virginia-Lee Webb -- 1. International Postcards: Their History, Production, and Distribution (Circa 1895 to 1915) / Howard Woody -- 2. Souvenirs of Imperialism: World's Fair Postcards / Robert W. Rydell -- 3. Symbols, Souvenirs, and Sentiments: Postcard Imagery of Plains Indians, 1898-1918 / Patricia C. Albers -- 4. Japonisme and American Postcard Visions of Japan: Beauties and Workers, Cherry Blossoms and Silkworms / Ellen Handy -- 5. Transformed Images: Photographers and Postcards in the Pacific Islands / Virginia-Lee Webb -- 6. Different Visions? Postcards from Africa by European and African Photographers and Sponsors / Christraud M. Geary |
| Summary |
The six contributors to this illustrated volume show how images of Plains Indians, World's Fair cards, and portraits from Africa, the Pacific Islands, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan documented distant cultures but also reinforced Western biases by emphasizing the seemingly vast cultural differences between viewers and subjects. 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. Drawing on anthropological, historical, and art historical analyses, contributors examine examples from both public and private collections, tracing the postcard's overlapping roles as souvenir, collectible, and popular art form |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-184) and index |
| Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- Portraits.
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Postcards -- History -- 19th century -- Themes, motives.
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Postcards -- History -- 20th century -- Themes, motives.
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| Author |
Geary, Christraud M.
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Webb, Virginia-Lee.
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| LC no. |
98010925 |
| ISBN |
1560987596 |
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