Ephemera and the British Empire

Tür:

Kitap Bölümü

Yazar:

Ashley Jackson

Yayın yılı:

2017

Yayıncı:

Manchester University Press

This chapter seeks to achieve a number of things and to develop a niche in the ever-expanding literature relating to imperialism, society and culture. It concentrates on the subject of ephemera as a concept of display, more firmly embedding ephemera studies into the literature relating to the British Empire and popular culture than has been the case to date. The chapter examines the Bodleian Library's John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera and the manner in which its material can be used to investigate imperial themes. It offers insights into the types of imperial and wider world themes encountered in different types of ephemeral material. A distinct and sizeable category, scattered throughout the John Johnson Collection, comprises material related to the emigration of Britons to the settler colonies. An example of a common theme encountered in ephemeral material is that of the native porter, servant or labourer and the white leader.

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