Format:
xvii, 366 p., [32] p. of plates
ISBN:
9780822388562
,
0822388561
Series Statement:
Objects/histories
Content:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-348) and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Thompson, Krista A., 1972 - An eye for the Tropics Durham, NC [u.a.] : Duke Univ. Press, 2006 ISBN 0822337517
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0822337649
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780822337515
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780822337645
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
Keywords:
Karibik
;
Ästhetik
;
Fremdenverkehrspolitik
;
Tourismus
;
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1215/9780822388562
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9780822388562?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822388562
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780822388562
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