Eye for the Tropics - Tourism, Photography, and Framing the Caribbean Picturesque

Informationen zum Autor Krista A. Thompson Klappentext Examines colonial and post-colonial touristic visual representations of Jamaica and the Bahamas. Zusammenfassung A beautifully illustrated look at the aesthetics and implications of the visual images used to sell Jamaica and the Bahamas to tourists as "tropical paradises" from the 1880s through the 1930s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations ix Abbreviations xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Tropicalization: The Aesthetics and Politics of Space in Jamaica and the Bahamas 1 1. Framing “The New Jamaica”: Feasting on the Picturesque Tropical Landscape 27 2. Developing the Tropics: The Politics of the Picturesque in the Bahamas 92 3. Through the Looking Glass: Visualizing the Sea as Icon of the Bahamas 156 4. Diving into the Racial Waters of Beach Space in Jamaica: Tropical Modernity and the Myrtle Bank Hotel’s Pool 204 5. “I Am Rendered Speechless by Your Idea of Beauty”: The Picturesque in History and Art in the Postcolony 252 Epilogue: Tropical Futures: Civilizing Citizens and Uncivilizing Tourists 297 Notes 307 References 331 Illustration Credits 349 Index 355

Product details

• Authors: Krista a. Thompson, Nicholas Thomas, Krista A Thompson, Krista A. Thompson
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2007
• EAN: 9780822337515
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3751-5
• No. of pages: 392
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 210 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Objects/Histories; Objects/Histories: Critical Pe; Objects/Histories; Objects/Histories: Critical Pe
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Travel > Illustrated books