Framing the colonial subject
The photographs of W. F. P. Burton (1886–1971) in the former Belgian Congo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11413898 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Godby (University of Cape Town, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 11-25 |
| Publication date | 1993-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Dynamics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0253-3952 • E-ISSN: 1940-7874 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02533959308458540 |
| OpenAlex | W2144056458 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
William Burton founded the Congo Evangelistic Mission in 1914 and worked at Mwanza in South Eastern Zaire from that time until the outbreak of civil war in 1960. Between about 1930 and 1940 Burton took photographs of ethnological subjects to complement the collection of artefacts he was making for the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. This paper examines these photographs in the context of Burton's missionary work at the time of expanding colonial power; and it considers how his selection of subject‐matter, and his manner of representing his subject‐matter, were affected by the competing claims of anthropological know‐ledge and Christian evangelism
Archaeology · Art history · Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Evangelism · Framing (construction · Mural · Political science · Sociology · Subject (documents · Subject matter · African history and culture studies · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2011 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |