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Beschreibung
As the first book-length examination of the role of German print culture in mediating Europe's knowledge of the newly discovered people of Africa, South Asia, and the Americas, this work highlights a unique and early incident of visual accuracy and an unprecedented investment in the practice of ethnography.
As the first book-length examination of the role of German print culture in mediating Europe's knowledge of the newly discovered people of Africa, South Asia, and the Americas, this work highlights a unique and early incident of visual accuracy and an unprecedented investment in the practice of ethnography.
Über den Autor
STEPHANIE LEITCH is an Assistant Professor of Northern European Art at Florida State University, USA.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Wonder and the Working Print: an Introduction Centering the Self: Mapping the Nuremberg Chronicle and the Limits of the World The Wild Man, the German Body, and the Emperor's New Clothes Hans Burgkmair's Peoples of Africa and India (1508) and the Foundations of Ethnography in Print Recuperating the Eyewitness: Jörg Breu's Images of Islamic and Hindu Culture in Ludovico Varthema's Travels (1515) The Amerindian's Moveable Feast: From Cannibal Roast to Fools' Fete
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: History of Text Technologies
Inhalt: xix
267 S.
ISBN-13: 9781349382699
ISBN-10: 1349382698
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Leitch, S.
Auflage: 1st edition 2010
Hersteller: Palgrave Macmillan
History of Text Technologies
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 235 x 155 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: S. Leitch
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.11.2010
Gewicht: 0,452 kg
Artikel-ID: 103728555