An eye for the tropics: tourism, photography, and framing the Caribbean picturesque

Tropicalization: the aesthetics and politics of space in Jamaica and the Bahamas -- 1. Framing "The New Jamaica": Feasting on the Picturesque Tropical Landscape -- 2. Developing the tropics: The Politics of the Picturesque in the Bahamas -- 3. Through the looking glass: Visualizing the Sea...

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1. Verfasser: Thompson, Krista A. 1972- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Durham Duke University Press 2006
Schriftenreihe:Objects/histories
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Zusammenfassung:Tropicalization: the aesthetics and politics of space in Jamaica and the Bahamas -- 1. Framing "The New Jamaica": Feasting on the Picturesque Tropical Landscape -- 2. Developing the tropics: The Politics of the Picturesque in the Bahamas -- 3. Through the looking glass: Visualizing the Sea as Icon of the Bahamas -- 4. Diving into the racial waters of beach space in Jamaica: Tropical Modernity and the Myrtle Bank Hotel's Pool -- 5. "I am rendered speechless by your idea of beauty": The Picturesque in History and Art in the Postcolony -- Tropical futures
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-348) and index
Beschreibung:xvii, 366 p., [32] p. of plates ill. (some col.), map 21 cm
ISBN:9780822388562
0822388561

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