05853cam a2200877 c 4500 1888055375 DE-627 20251226215338.0 tu 240507s2024 xxu||||| 00| ||eng c 2023057834 9780691201870 hardback (DE-627)1888055375 (DE-599)KXP1888055375 (OCoLC)1458972155 DE-627 ger DE-627 rda eng XD-US TR119.E18 PHO010000 POL045000 bisacsh 770.967 DLC 23/eng/20231218 KUNST DE-14 fid AP 99076 DE-14/sred rvk (DE-625)rvk/8250:736 Meier, Prita VerfasserIn (DE-588)1153793911 (DE-627)1015302378 (DE-576)500440298 aut The surface of things a history of photography from the Swahili Coast Prita Meier Princeton Oxford Princeton University Press [2024] 269 Seiten Illustrationen Text txt rdacontent ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen n rdamedia Band nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index "The first history of photography from Africa's Swahili coast, revealing the images' complicated relationships to colonialism and global influence"-- "The first major history of photography from Africa's Indian Ocean world. The ports of the Swahili coast-Zanzibar and Mombasa among them-have long been dynamic centers of trade where diverse peoples, ideas, and materials converge. With the arrival of photography in the mid-nineteenth century, these predominantly Muslim coastal communities cultivated and transformed the medium. The Surface of Things examines the complex maritime dynamics that shaped the photography of coastal Africa, exploring the pleasure and power of beautiful things and the ways people and their pictures transcended the boundaries of the colonial world. Immersing readers in the globally interconnected networks of eastern Africa's port cities, Prita Meier demonstrates how photographs are not static images but mobile objects with remarkable shape-shifting qualities. Beginning with the earliest photographs introduced through seaborne commerce, the medium's integration into the cultural landscape was swift. Photographs functioned as objects of decoration, good taste, and cosmopolitanism, but were also used by local elites and foreigners to coerce and objectify enslaved girls. Meier uncovers the oppressive agenda behind postcards and other popular images while describing African strategies of subversion and rebellion, revealing the performative authority that individuals exerted over their photographic likenesses. Featuring more than two hundred images published here for the first time, The Surface of Things repositions the continent's islands and archipelagos at the center of global photographic histories and shows how the people of the African Indian Ocean world experienced photography as a force of both oppression and freedom"-- Photography Africa, East History DLC Photography Social aspects Africa, East DLC Photography of women Africa, East History DLC Women Africa, East Social conditions DLC ART / African ART / History / General African history Afrikanische Geschichte Colonialism & imperialism Fotografie HISTORY / Africa / East History of art / art & design styles Kolonialismus und Imperialismus Kunstgeschichte Material culture Materielle Kultur PHOTOGRAPHY / General POL045000 Photography & photographs SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural PHOTOGRAPHY / History POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism Africa, East Social conditions 19th century DLC Africa, East Social conditions 20th century DLC East Africa Ostafrika g (DE-588)4075722-5 (DE-627)106085166 (DE-576)209199164 Ostafrika gnd s (DE-588)4046840-9 (DE-627)106196642 (DE-576)209071222 Porträtfotografie gnd z gnd Geschichte 1850-1920 (DE-627) 9780691260969 ebook Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Meier, Prita The surface of things Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2024 1 Online-Ressource (269 Seiten) (DE-627)1906346089 9780691260969 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Meier, Prita The surface of things Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2024 1 Online-Ressource (269 Seiten) (DE-627)1935164546 0691260966 Rezensiert in Schneider, Jürg, 1961 - [Rezension von: Prita Meier, The surface of things, a history of photography from the Swahili coast] 2025 (DE-627)1938451929 https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz1888055375inh.htm V:DE-576 B:DE-14 20241127193050 Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 https://www.dietmardreier.de/annot/426F6F6B446174617C7C393738303639313230313837307C7C434F50.jpg?sq=2 Verlag Cover 1 AP 99076 Ostafrika Allgemeines Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften, Medienkulturwissenschaft, Kommunikationsdesign Fotografie Fotografie in einzelnen Ländern Afrika Subsaharisches Afrika Ostafrika (DE-627)1273386876 (DE-625)rvk/8250:736 (DE-576)203386876 BO Ostafrika Porträtfotografie Geschichte 1850-1920 Rezensiertes Werk KXP-PPN1888055375 4916046722