Reinventing Africa: Museums, Material Culture And Popular Imagination In Late Victorian And Edwardian England

British colonial expansion led to the display of many valuable African artifacts in Britain. This analysis covers the ways in which African peoples and their material culture were represented, the justifications for imperial expansion; and the effects this had on racial stereotyping.

• | By (Author): Annie E. Coombes
• | Publisher: Yale University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 11, 1997
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 292 pages
• | Language: Not Available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0300068905
• | ISBN-13: 9780300068900