Markus Wiener Publishers
Women's Voices on Africa: A Century of Travel Writings
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9781558760486
ISBN13:
9781558760486
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$27.53
Women's Voices on Africa: A Century of Travel Writings
$27.53
Among nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European "discoverers" of the "Dark Continent," women are rarely mentioned. This anthology of Victorian women's writings on Africa provides a fascinating overview of these women's roles as scholars, missionaries, adventurers, spies, and journalists, and gathers outstanding examples of their ground-breaking scholarly treatises, popular accounts, letters, articles, and thrilling adventure stories -- all of them firsthand documents of women's and African history. The writers include Mary Kingsley, famous for her ethnographic studies and travel writings; the intrepid journalists Katherine Fannin and Joan Rosita Torr Forbes; Princess Marie Louise, reporting on her diplomatic mission; Jocelyn Murray, witness of the 'Mau Mau' insurrection; and numerous missionaries.
| Author: Patricia W. Romero |
| Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers |
| Publication Date: Jan 01, 2010 |
| Number of Pages: 284 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1558760482 |
| ISBN-13: 9781558760486 |
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