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urn:uuid:570ffdb9-3689-4a11-8249-be669c5b2d61 03 15 9781805117698 00 EB E101 10 01 01 Africa in Russian Imperial Culture Race, Empire, and Representation (1850-1917) 1 A01 Anita Frison <p>Anita Frison holds a PhD in Linguistic, Philological and Literary Studies from the University of Padua. She has since taught Russian literature at the universities of Urbino, Macerata, Venice and Padua, publishing scientific articles and edited volumes As the PI of a Stars@Unipd grant (https://www.unipd.it/en/stars), she led the project ‘AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)’. Her research interests include Russian literature and culture (19th-early 20th century), Russo-African relations, the Russian Empire and its entanglements, Semiotics, Postcolonial Theory, and Cultural Studies. She is the co-editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed journal eSamizdat (www.esamizdat.it). Orcid id: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1712-3341</p> 01 eng 00 364 03 23 African Studies 04 DK189.2 10 HIS032020 23 Russian Imperial Culture 23 Africa 23 European Studies: Eastern European Studies 10 HIS001000 10 HIS054000 23 History 23 National identity 10 HIS035000 23 Politics and Sociology 23 Representation 23 Literature 23 Postcolonial Studies 01 06 03 00 <p>This volume uncovers how Sub-Saharan Africa was imagined in Russian culture from 1850 to 1917. Drawing on travelogues, ethnographic studies, fiction, and museum collections, Anita Frison reveals how Russia—though lacking formal colonies in Africa—nonetheless engaged deeply with Western colonial discourse. </p><p>Organized around themes of Strangers, Lands, Bodies, Collectors, and Disguises, the book explores how Russians represented African peoples, landscapes, and artifacts to negotiate questions of race, empire, and national identity. Challenging the notion of Russian ‘exceptionalism’, this book demonstrates that imperial attitudes toward Africa often prefigured Soviet anticolonial rhetoric, whilst simultaneously relying on the colonial paradigm. </p><p>Richly documented and interdisciplinary, this study offers fresh insights for scholars of history, literature, and postcolonial studies, while remaining accessible to curious general readers.</p> 04 00 Acknowledgements List of Illustrations A Note on Terminology Introduction 1. Strangers. Russians Discover Black Africa 2. Lands. Towards a Virtual Appropriation of the Continent 3. Bodies. Black People under Russian Scrutiny 4. Collectors. African Material Culture on Display 5. Disguises. Black Africa at the Service of the Arts Conclusion Bibliography Index Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers 04 01 20260219 02 WORLD 06 15 9781805117667 06 15 9781805117674 06 15 9781805117681 06 15 9781805117704 06 15 9781805117698 WORLD 09 Open Book Publishers 20 02 5.99 GBP WORLD