An Eye for the Tropics (Record no. 3734)
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| fixed length control field | 01848nam a2200217Ia 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 231023s9999 xx 000 0 und d |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2006020428 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780822337645 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | G155.c35t35 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 338.4'7917292045-- |
| Item number | dc22 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Thompson, Krista A. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1404 |
| 245 #3 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | An Eye for the Tropics |
| Remainder of title | : Tourism, Photography, and Framing the Caribbean Picturesque |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | / Krista A. Thompson |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | USA; |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Duke University Press; |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2007 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 392p; |
| Dimensions | 21x15cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Illustrated with more than one hundred images, including many in color, An Eye for the Tropics is a nuanced evaluation of the aesthetics of the “tropicalizing images” and their effects on Jamaica and the Bahamas. Thompson describes how representations created to project an image to the outside world altered everyday life on the islands. Hoteliers imported tropical plants to make the islands look more like the images. Many prominent tourist-oriented spaces, including hotels and famous beaches, became off-limits to the islands’ black populations, who were encouraged to act like the disciplined, loyal colonial subjects depicted in the pictures. Analyzing the work of specific photographers and artists who created tropical representations of Jamaica and the Bahamas between the 1880s and the 1930s, Thompson shows how their images differ from the English picturesque landscape tradition. Turning to the present, she examines how tropicalizing images are deconstructed in works by contemporary artists—including Christopher Cozier, David Bailey, and Irénée Shaw—at the same time that they remain a staple of postcolonial governments’ vigorous efforts to attract tourists. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1593 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Tropics. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1846 |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Caribbean |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Geography. Anthropology. Recreation. | SAF Reference Library | SAF Reference Library | 02/23/1 | SB15- Joiri Minaya Reading Room | G154.9-155.8 199.325 | 10/24/2023 | 10/24/2023 | Book |