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• catalog abstract "The Denver African Expedition went to Africa in 1925 to "seek the cradle of Humanity." The explorers claimed to have found the "Missing Link" in the Heikum bushmen of the Kalahari - and they proceeded to market this image. As Robert J. Gordon shows in Picturing Bushmen, the impact of the expedition lay not simply in its slick merchandising of bushmen images but also in the fact that the pictures were exotic and aesthetically pleasing. The Denver Expedition played a key role in romanticizing bushmen. Indeed, its image of bushmen has permeated Western mass culture. Before the expedition, bushmen commonly had been presented on postcards as impoverished savages. In its wake, the bushmen of South Africa have inspired not only commercial advertisements, but art exhibitions and novels. Although Rob Gordon is an anthropologist, this study ranges into questions of film theory, history, and popular culture. It offers a new perspective on coffee-table books, ethnology, and the nature of research on those labeled "others." While suggesting how "ethnographic photographs" might be appreciated, Picturing Bushmen is also a subtle analysis of the perennial issues that haunt field workers - especially what and how they "see" and how their perception is influenced by the mundane in their own societies.".
• catalog alternative "Denver African Expedition of 1925".
• catalog contributor b10277559.
• catalog created "c1997.".
• catalog date "1997".
• catalog date "c1997.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
• catalog description "1. The People of the Expedition: Organization and Aims -- 2. The Route of the Expedition -- 3. Looking at the Photographs -- 4. The Expedition as Vision Quest -- 5. The Public Imagery of the Expedition -- 6. Namibia at the Time of the Expedition -- 7. On Persisting Images and Bushman Fairy Tales -- Conclusion: Is the Joke On Us? -- App. A. The Film The Bushman -- App. B. Catalog of Photographs Taken on the Expedition.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "The Denver African Expedition went to Africa in 1925 to "seek the cradle of Humanity." The explorers claimed to have found the "Missing Link" in the Heikum bushmen of the Kalahari - and they proceeded to market this image. As Robert J. Gordon shows in Picturing Bushmen, the impact of the expedition lay not simply in its slick merchandising of bushmen images but also in the fact that the pictures were exotic and aesthetically pleasing. The Denver Expedition played a key role in romanticizing bushmen. Indeed, its image of bushmen has permeated Western mass culture. Before the expedition, bushmen commonly had been presented on postcards as impoverished savages. In its wake, the bushmen of South Africa have inspired not only commercial advertisements, but art exhibitions and novels. Although Rob Gordon is an anthropologist, this study ranges into questions of film theory, history, and popular culture. It offers a new perspective on coffee-table books, ethnology, and the nature of research on those labeled "others." While suggesting how "ethnographic photographs" might be appreciated, Picturing Bushmen is also a subtle analysis of the perennial issues that haunt field workers - especially what and how they "see" and how their perception is influenced by the mundane in their own societies.".
• catalog extent "xiii, 208 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Picturing bushmen.".
• catalog identifier "082141187X (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "0821411888 (paper : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Picturing bushmen.".
• catalog issued "1997".
• catalog issued "c1997.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Athens : Ohio University Press,".
• catalog relation "Picturing bushmen.".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "306.4/7 21".
• catalog subject "DT1558.H45 G67 1997".
• catalog subject "Denver African Expedition (1925-1926)".
• catalog subject "Heikum (African people) Pictorial works.".
• catalog subject "Khoikhoi (African people) Public opinion.".
• catalog subject "Photography in ethnology.".
• catalog subject "Public opinion United States.".
• catalog subject "San (African people) Public opinion.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. The People of the Expedition: Organization and Aims -- 2. The Route of the Expedition -- 3. Looking at the Photographs -- 4. The Expedition as Vision Quest -- 5. The Public Imagery of the Expedition -- 6. Namibia at the Time of the Expedition -- 7. On Persisting Images and Bushman Fairy Tales -- Conclusion: Is the Joke On Us? -- App. A. The Film The Bushman -- App. B. Catalog of Photographs Taken on the Expedition.".
• catalog title "Denver African Expedition of 1925".
• catalog title "Picturing bushmen : the Denver African Expedition of 1925 / Robert J. Gordon.".
• catalog type "Pictorial works. fast".
• catalog type "text".