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Author:
Harris, Jessica B., author.
Title:
Vintage postcards from the African world : in the dignity of their work and the joy of their play / Jessica B. Harris.
Publisher:
University Press of Mississippi,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
ix, 141 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subject:
Postcards--Africa.
Postcards--Caribbean Area.
Africans--Pictorial works.
Photography--Africa--History.
Photography--Caribbean Area--History.
Africa--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.
Caribbean Area--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 139).
Contents:
Becoming a collector -- Interrogating the images : a dialogue with the cards -- Postcard history -- Dating postcards -- Postcards. Africa ; The Caribbean ; The United States -- Bibliography.
Summary:
The author discusses her experiences as a postcard collector and presents an illustrated tour of postcards connected with the African and Caribbean people.
Series:
Atlantic migrations and the African diaspora.
ISBN:
9781604735666
160473566X
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1124977972
LCCN:
2019952253
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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