British Colonial Realism in Africa: Inalienable Objects, Contested Domains

By Kenneth A. Loparo

Book Overview

What role do objects play in realist narratives as they move between societies and their different systems of value as commodities, as charms, as gifts, as trophies, or as curses? This book explores how the struggle to represent objects in British colonial realism corresponded with historical struggles over the material world and its significance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349350931
• ISBN13: 9781349350933
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"