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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005726/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- From the early sixteenth century onwards a literature grew up based on apparently realistic accounts of encounters with Asian, African and American peoples, and visual accounts of distant lands became a commercial enterprise in the early nineteenth century, especially in the work of David Roberts. Such representations, especially when produced for popular taste, often constructed stereotypical images of Africans and Asians as different from and inferior to Europeans, contributing to the ways in which missionary activity and colonialism were understood. Africa and Asia thus remained mysterious and exotic, and David Livingstone's fame was established as much by his exploration as by his missionary work. -- A century later, relationships, and representations, have been transformed: Asian and Africa conventions and images have helped to create a postcolonial ‘global’ language of representation, and such cultural fusions are prefigured in Elizabeth Keith’s assimilation of a Japanese style. ( en )
- General Note:
- The 'Objects of instruction : the treasures of SOAS' exhibition was funded through a generous gift from the Foyle Foundation and with the support of the Arts & Humanities Research Council.
- General Note:
- The 'Objects of instruction : the treasures of SOAS' exhibition ran from 11 October 2007 through 2 September 2013.
- General Note:
- This video has display resolution limited to 426 x 240. Display at full screen size may result in distortions.
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Brunei Gallery : 151452134
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS, University of London
- Holding Location:
- Brunei Gallery
- Rights Management:
- All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
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