An eye for the tropics : tourism, photography, and framing the Caribbean picturesque / Krista A. Thompson.
Published / Created:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2006.
Physical Description:
xvii, 366 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Table of contents
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006020428.html
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-348) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: 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 ideal of beauty": the picturesque in history and art in the postcolony -- Epilogue: tropical futures: civilizing citizens and uncivilizing tourists.