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British Colonial Realism in Africa

Inalienable Objects, Contested Domains
By:Kenneth A. Loparo
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230378001
eText ISBN:9780230378018
Edition:0
Copyright:2012
Format:Page Fidelity

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What role do objects play in realist narratives as they move between societies and their different systems of value as commodities, as charms, as gifts, as trophies, or as curses? This book explores how the struggle to represent objects in British colonial realism corresponded with historical struggles over the material world and its significance.