Picturing Bushmen: The Denver African Expedition of 1925

by Robert J. Gordon

Book Overview

The Denver African Expedition of 1925 sought "the cradle of Humanity." The explorers returned claiming 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. Like all significant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082141187X
• ISBN13: 9780821411872
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"