{"product_id":"portrait-and-the-colonial-imaginary","title":"Portrait and the Colonial Imaginary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnique study of portraiture in the colonial imaginary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrench colonisers of the Third Republic claimed not to oppress but to liberate, imagining they were spreading republican ideals to the colonies to make a Greater France. In this book Simon Dell explores the various roles played by portraiture in this colonial imaginary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone interested in the history of colonial Africa will have encountered innumerable portraits of African elites produced during the first half of the twentieth century, yet no book to date has focused on these ubiquitous images. Dell analyses the production and dissemination of such portraits and situates them in a complex and conflicted field of representations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving between European and African perspectives, \u003cem\u003eThe Portrait and the Colonial Imaginary\u003c\/em\u003e blends history with art history to provide insights into the larger processes that were transforming the French metropole and colonies during the early twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leuven University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247926038872,"sku":"9789462702158","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9789462702158.jpg?v=1765582217","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/portrait-and-the-colonial-imaginary","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}