Vintage Postcards From The African World

Author : Jessica B. Harris
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781496827708

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Vintage Postcards from the African World by Jessica B. Harris Pdf

For over forty years, professor and culinary historian Jessica B. Harris has collected postcards depicting Africans and their descendants in the American diaspora. They are presented for the first time in this exquisite volume. Vintage Postcards from the African World: In the Dignity of Their Work and the Joy of Their Play brings together more than 150 images, providing a visual document of more than a century of work in agricultural and culinary pursuits and joy in entertainments, parades, and celebrations. Organized by geography—Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States—as well as by the types of scenes depicted—the farm, the garden, and the sea; the marketplace; the vendors and the cooks; leisure, entertainments, and festivities—the images capture the dignity of the labors of everyday life and the pride of festive occasions. Superb and rare images demonstrate everything from how Africans and their descendants dressed to what tools they used to how their entertainments provided relief from toil. Three essays accompany the postcards, one of which details Harris’s collection and the collecting process. A second presents suggestions on how to interpret the cards. A final essay gives brief information on the history of postcards and postcard dating and its increasing use and value to scholars.

Author : Jessica B. Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1496827686

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VINTAGE POSTCARDS FROM THE AFRICAN WORLD by Jessica B. Harris Pdf

An extraordinary view of the bounty of Africa and its diaspora.

Author : Theresa McCulla
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226833811

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Insatiable City by Theresa McCulla Pdf

A history of food in the Crescent City that explores race, power, social status, and labor. In Insatiable City, Theresa McCulla probes the overt and covert ways that the production of food and the discourse about it both created and reinforced many strains of inequality in New Orleans, a city significantly defined by its foodways. Tracking the city’s economy from nineteenth-century chattel slavery to twentieth-century tourism, McCulla uses menus, cookbooks, newspapers, postcards, photography, and other material culture to limn the interplay among the production and reception of food, the inscription and reiteration of racial hierarchies, and the constant diminishment and exploitation of working-class people. The consumption of food and people, she shows, was mutually reinforced and deeply intertwined. Yet she also details how enslaved and free people of color in New Orleans used food and drink to carve paths of mobility, stability, autonomy, freedom, profit, and joy. A story of pain and pleasure, labor and leisure, Insatiable City goes far beyond the task of tracing New Orleans's culinary history to focus on how food suffuses culture and our understandings and constructions of race and power.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : MFA Publications
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0878468552

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Postcards from Africa by Anonim Pdf

A close look at photographic postcards made in Africa in the first decades of the twentieth century reveals surprising images and tells their often-complicated stories. Photographers in Africa grasped the opportunity to serve a lucrative market for images of the continent, both locally and worldwide, during the global postcard craze that peaked around 1900 and continued for several decades. Their picture postcards now contribute to understanding political, social and cultural changes in Africa at the time, as the rise of the new medium coincided with the expansion and consolidation of colonial rule. They also provide a way to reconstruct the life and work of the photographers of European, African and other backgrounds who created these images - which often survive only in postcard form - and in some cases published them as well. The cards were produced for residents and travellers in Africa, as well as for buyers and collectors who had never set foot on the continent. Their depictions of colonial administrations, exploitation of resources and peoples, as well as images inscribing tribal identities and racial classifications, often reflect the colonizers' worldview. Yet it is also possible to recover the authorship of some of the African women and men who participated in these photographic encounters. For instance, some cards show that members of Africa's elites recognized the power of photographic images to enhance their standing and present their own narratives. Postcards from Africa reproduces a significant selection of these complex cards - the majority drawn from the extensive Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - accompanied by a leading scholar's exploration of the stories they tell.

Author : Lynn M. Homan,Thomas Reilly
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0738513814

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Orlando in Vintage Postcards by Lynn M. Homan,Thomas Reilly Pdf

"Beautiful weather here. When are you coming?" Those words have been written millions of times on postcards mailed from Orlando. Known today as home to America's most famous theme parks, Orlando has always been a destination for visitors from all over the world. During its early period as "The Phenomenal City," through the years as "The City Beautiful," to the era of "The Action Center of Florida," Orlando has a story to tell.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1356 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Government publications
ISBN : LOC:00186271075

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Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1992: Justification of the budget estimates, Indian health by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1362 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119532013

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Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1992 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : Carley R. Robison
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0738507628

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Galesburg Illinois in Vintage Postcards by Carley R. Robison Pdf

Galesburg, Illinois, is a town proud of its history and heritage. From its founding by courageous and determined pioneers in 1837 to the present day, it has been referred to in many ways--including "The Ideal City" and "The Buckle on the Corn Belt." Galesberg, Illinois in Vintage Postcards uses postcards as the lens to focus on the fascinating history of this Midwestern town. Throughout its history, the postcard has always been a popular means of communication. Looking back at them now, we are offered a unique insight into the places and times illustrated on the cards, and an intimate look at the people sending these cards to loved ones in faraway locations.

Author : Quentin McGown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0738528641

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Fort Worth in Vintage Postcards by Quentin McGown Pdf

This volume uses 200 vintage postcards to illustrate Fort Worth's grandest architecture, important businesses, and everyday street scenes. Informative historical captions accompany each photograph.

Author : Reagan L. Grimsley
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004-10-20
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781439612828

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Hattiesburg in Vintage Postcards by Reagan L. Grimsley Pdf

Located in the heart of Mississippi's piney woods, Hattiesburg was named by William H. Hardy in honor of his second wife, Hattie Lott Hardy. Incorporated in 1884, the town quickly established itself as a regional center of the yellow pine lumber industry, and by 1910 it was the fifth largest city in the state. During the 20th century higher education became an important part of the city's persona, with the establishment of William Carey College and The University of Southern Mississippi. Camp Shelby, established in 1917 to train soldiers for World War I, also trained soldiers for World War II, the Vietnam Conflict, the Persian Gulf War, and the War on Terror. Today, Hattiesburg is the center of a metropolitan area of over 110,000 people that encompasses Forrest and Lamar Counties.

Author : April van Camp,Claudia Slate
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-27
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781443811712

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Florida Studies by April van Camp,Claudia Slate Pdf

This volume contains a lot of variety, an eclectic mix of Florida literature and history by scholars from across the state representing every kind of institution of higher learning. The first section, Pedagogy, highlights essays about employing service learning, blogging, and primary archival research into the classroom, among other techniques. The Old Florida section includes essays exploring the following topics as diverse as the first black general in Florida (1791), poet Wallace Stevens, and the memoirs of colonial Florida women. The next section—Contemporary Florida—contains essays on EPCOT theme park, Florida newspapers, the rhetoric of Carl Haissen, and the stereotyped poor white Southerner. Jim Morrison’s use of Floridian imagery is the topic of the essay in Natural Florida, and the poem “Pineapple Grill” falls into the category Creative Showcase.

Author : Christraud M. Geary,Virginia-Lee Webb
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1998-04-17
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015047124063

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DELIVERING VIEWS by Christraud M. Geary,Virginia-Lee Webb Pdf

The authors discuss the differences between original photographs and their postcard equivalents, and they explore in detail common practices - such as artificial settings, costumes and props, colorization, and patronizing captions - that perpetuated racist, sexist, and romantic stereotypes.

Author : Samantha Gleisten
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0738519847

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Chicago's 1933-34 World's Fair by Samantha Gleisten Pdf

"You will enter A Century of Progress for the first time perhaps like an explorer-curious and eager-penetrating an amazingly rumored domain in search of treasure." -Official Guide Book to the Fair, 1933 One century after Chicago's incorporation, the city hosted the 1933 World's Fair, which was so successful it was held over for 1934. Aptly named "A Century of Progress," the fair confirmed Chicago's emergence as a major American city. Like the phoenix from the ashes, Chicago emerged from its devastating fire of 1871 as one of the most architecturally significant and aesthetically inviting cities in the world. On 424 lakeside acres located on Chicago's near south side, the Fair brought together innovators and inventors from around the world. Chicagoans hosted visitors from all corners of the globe, commemorating human progress, despite the Great Depression that was devastating the nation's economy.

Author : Cheryl Willis Hudson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781984825636

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Brave. Black. First by Cheryl Willis Hudson Pdf

These 100 stunning postcards celebrate 50 groundbreaking African American women, from Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks to Angela Davis and Beyonc --published in collaboration with the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Based on the children's book Brave. Black. First., these empowering postcards celebrate artists, athletes, activists, politicians, and writers who championed civil rights in their communities. Each card features the portrait on the front and, on the back, an inspiring quote, short biographical information, and space for writing a message. With two postcards for every portrait, you'll have one to send and one to save. Taken together, the collection captures the iconic moments of fifty African American women whose heroism and bravery rewrote the American story for the better.

Author : K. Blake Tyner
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0738541621

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Robeson County in Vintage Postcards by K. Blake Tyner Pdf

Carved out of fertile farmland along the border of the Carolinas in 1787, Robeson County is North Carolina's largest county, spanning 948 square miles. The county is called “The State of Robeson” not only because of its size, but because of its fierce independence and self-reliance. Unique in its equally balanced tri-racial population, Robeson County has residents that are Native American, African American, and white. Over the centuries, these people have worked together to create a culturally diverse community.