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Title: Africa in Russian Imperial Culture

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TOC Outline

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. A Note on Terminology
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. Strangers. Russians Discover Black Africa
  10. 2. Lands. Towards a Virtual Appropriation of the Continent
  11. 3. Bodies. Black People under Russian Scrutiny
  12. 4. Collectors. African Material Culture on Display
  13. 5. Disguises. Black Africa at the Service of the Arts
  14. Conclusion
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. About the Team
  18. This book need not end here…
  19. You may also be interested in:
  20. Back cove

Headings Outline

  • AFRICA IN RUSSIAN IMPERIAL CULTURE
  • Africa in Russian Imperial Culture
    • Race, Empire, and Representation (1850-1917)
      • Anita Frison
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Illustrations
  • A Note on Terminology
  • Introduction
  • 1. Strangers. Russians Discover Black Africa
    • A (Russian?) Twist on a Western Trope: Vasilii Junker and Aleksandr Eliseev Explore Black Africa
    • Towards the Far East: Ivan Goncharov and Aleksei Vysheslavtsev at the Cape
    • Russian Expertise at the Service of Africa: Egor Kovalevskii and Nikolai Kurmakov
    • African Nature Put to Use: Russian Scientists and Hunters in the Depths of the Continent
    • Theatres of War
    • Playing Colonial
    • The African Canvas
    • Armchair Travellers
    • * * * * *
  • 2. Lands. Towards a Virtual Appropriation of the Continent
    • Mapping Black Spaces, Mapping Black People
    • From Maps to Descriptions: Russian Travellers Recreate the African Lands
    • * * * * *
  • 3. Bodies. Black People under Russian Scrutiny
    • Measuring the Black Body: Russian Physical Anthropology and the ‘Negroes’
    • Mixed Signals: Blackness in Encyclopaedias
    • Bringing Black Africa to the People
    • Encounters
    • * * * * *
  • 4. Collectors. African Material Culture on Display
    • Towards a Museum of Human Diversity
    • African Objects Arrive at the MAE
    • The Collection Grows: A Reading Through the Museum Guides and Beyond
    • Photographic Collections and their Circulation
    • * * * * *
  • 5. Disguises. Black Africa at the Service of the Arts
    • Modern Tales, Tales of Modernity: Adventure Novels for the People
    • African Women and Russian Men: The Crisis of Identity in Petr Krasnov
    • Resisting Hybridity and Miscegenation: Russian Modernism and its Responses
    • *
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
    • Primary Sources
      • Periodicals
      • Encyclopaedias
      • Books and Essays
    • Secondary Sources
    • Websites
  • Index
  • About the Team
  • This book need not end here…
    • Share
    • We invite you to connect with us on our socials!
    • Read more at the Open Book Publishers Blog
  • You may also be interested in:
  • Contents
    • Landmarks

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