Vintage Postcards from the African World
Vintage Postcards from the African World

Author: Jessica B. Harris

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published: 2020-05-15

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1496827708

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For over forty years, professor and culinary historian Jessica B. Harris has collected postcards depicting Africans and their descendants in the American diaspora. They are presented for the first time in this exquisite volume. Vintage Postcards from the African World: In the Dignity of Their Work and the Joy of Their Play brings together more than 150 images, providing a visual document of more than a century of work in agricultural and culinary pursuits and joy in entertainments, parades, and celebrations. Organized by geography—Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States—as well as by the types of scenes depicted—the farm, the garden, and the sea; the marketplace; the vendors and the cooks; leisure, entertainments, and festivities—the images capture the dignity of the labors of everyday life and the pride of festive occasions. Superb and rare images demonstrate everything from how Africans and their descendants dressed to what tools they used to how their entertainments provided relief from toil. Three essays accompany the postcards, one of which details Harris’s collection and the collecting process. A second presents suggestions on how to interpret the cards. A final essay gives brief information on the history of postcards and postcard dating and its increasing use and value to scholars.

Greetings from the past
Greetings from the past

Author: Ben Smit

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 9789073187382

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For abstracts see: Caribbean Abstracts, no. 11, 1999-2000 (2001); p. 103.

Weegee's New York
Weegee's New York

Author: Paul Hutchens

Publisher:

Published: 1997-10-01

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9781881270164

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Weegee held a mirror up to New York and revealed a city that was provocative and gripping, while at the same time managing to capture the City's heart. --Miles Barth, International Center of Photography.

Postcards Relating to Indo-Caribbeans
Postcards Relating to Indo-Caribbeans

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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The postcards in this collection, dating from the late nineteenth century to 1975, depict Indo-Caribbean life and culture in Trinidad, British Guyana, Suriname, and Jamaica. Large numbers of people from the Indian subcontinent arrived in the Caribbean following the end of slavery in British colonies there. Many of these migrants came as indentured servants to work in the labor-intensive agricultural sector. By the twentieth century, Indo-Caribbeans made up close to a third of the population of both Trinidad and British Guyana. The postcards in this collection were produced by a variety of studios, largely for sale to tourists, and include portraits, scenes of everyday life, mosques and temples, as well as the houses and villages of Indo-Caribbeans. A significant number of the postcards depict Indo-Caribbean women and children in staged scenes often dressed formally and adorned with jewelry. The postcards are arranged by country and then alphabetically by title. Some of the postcards have been written on and mailed, and feature postage stamps and postmarks, while some of the postcards are blank and have not been mailed. The postcards were mailed to a variety of locations around the world, including: Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia, PA; Springfield, MA; Scarsdale, NY; Manomet, MA; as well as Iceland, Tunisia, France, Holland, and Germany. The postcards that have been mailed are inscribed in English, French, and Dutch.

Plenty Mango
Plenty Mango

Author: Sarah DICKINSON

Publisher:

Published: 2017-09-25

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9781549828089

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Life on the tiny Caribbean island of MONTSERRAT was picture postcard perfect, with year-round sunshine, cooling breezes, lush vegetation, sparkling seas and a flourishing tourist industry.That was until 18th July 1995 when the island's volcano erupted after FOUR HUNDRED YEARS, bringing over twenty years of danger and uncertainty.PLENTY MANGO tells the island's story through the eyes of SARAH DICKINSON who, with her architect husband, followed a dream to build luxury Caribbean-style villas on Montserrat. They only needed to build one more house to break even, only to have their plans shattered by the volcano.PLENTY MANGO is an intimate portrait of an island's peoples, such as Cynthia, the Honey Lady, Moose and his 'honesty' bar, Sir George Martin and his Air Studios, the tiler who brews his very own mango 'poteen', Victor's garage that sells Bibles alongside brake pads, and the goat herd who heard the mountain 'groanin'' many months before the volcano blew. We meet some of the ex-pats who love to party, with the excuse "hell, it's six o'clock somewhere in the world." 'Jumbie' ghosts are everywhere, as are the Masquerade dancers whose vibrant costumes and heady rhythms take you back in time. You'll join in the St. Patrick's Day week-long festival, celebrating the island's Irish roots and follow the giant speakers leading the 'jump up',Despite the hardship and uncertainty, Montserratians remain optimistic and undefeated. They never say 'goodbye', only'I go to come back.'.