Taking travel home : The souvenir culture of British women tourists, 1750-1830 /

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This book provides a new cultural history of the travel souvenir. It uncovers how eighteenth-century British women enlisted the objects they collected during their European travels to realise their ambitions in the arenas of connoisseurship, science and friendship, and to stake their claims to agenc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gleadhill, Emma (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Voyage > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Souvenirs (Objets) > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Travel > History > 18th century.
Women tourists > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Souvenirs (Keepsakes) > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > 18e siecle.
Great Britain > Civilization > 18th century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book provides a new cultural history of the travel souvenir. It uncovers how eighteenth-century British women enlisted the objects they collected during their European travels to realise their ambitions in the arenas of connoisseurship, science and friendship, and to stake their claims to agency and authority as travelling subjects.
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781526155283

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