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Women's Voices on Africa
A Century of Travel Writings
Taschenbuch von Patricia W. Romero
Sprache: Englisch

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Among nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European ¿discoverers¿ of the ¿Dark Continent,¿ women are rarely mentioned. This anthology of Victorian women¿s writings on Africa provides a fascinating overview of these women¿s roles as scholars, missionaries, adventurers, spies, and journalists, and gathers outstanding examples of their ground-breaking scholarly treatises, popular accounts, letters, articles, and thrilling adventure stories ¿ all of them firsthand documents of women¿s and African history. The writers include Mary Kingsley, famous for her ethnographic studies and travel writings; the intrepid journalists Katherine Fannin and Joan Rosita Torr Forbes; Princess Marie Louise, reporting on her diplomatic mission; Jocelyn Murray, witness of the ¿Mau Maü insurrection; and numerous missionaries.
Among nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European ¿discoverers¿ of the ¿Dark Continent,¿ women are rarely mentioned. This anthology of Victorian women¿s writings on Africa provides a fascinating overview of these women¿s roles as scholars, missionaries, adventurers, spies, and journalists, and gathers outstanding examples of their ground-breaking scholarly treatises, popular accounts, letters, articles, and thrilling adventure stories ¿ all of them firsthand documents of women¿s and African history. The writers include Mary Kingsley, famous for her ethnographic studies and travel writings; the intrepid journalists Katherine Fannin and Joan Rosita Torr Forbes; Princess Marie Louise, reporting on her diplomatic mission; Jocelyn Murray, witness of the ¿Mau Maü insurrection; and numerous missionaries.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Genre: Kunst
Produktart: Reiseführer
Region: Afrika
Rubrik: Reisen
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781558760486
ISBN-10: 1558760482
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Romero, Patricia W.
Hersteller: Markus Wiener Publishers
Maße: 229 x 152 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Patricia W. Romero
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2010
Gewicht: 0,465 kg
Artikel-ID: 107155441
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Genre: Kunst
Produktart: Reiseführer
Region: Afrika
Rubrik: Reisen
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781558760486
ISBN-10: 1558760482
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Romero, Patricia W.
Hersteller: Markus Wiener Publishers
Maße: 229 x 152 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Patricia W. Romero
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2010
Gewicht: 0,465 kg
Artikel-ID: 107155441
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