MARTINIQUE - Type et Costume Créole National Museum of African American History and Culture

The title of this French colonial postcard (GUADELOUPE. - Type n° 7) exemplifies the standard naming structure that categorized “exotic” native subjects in the form of ethnic and occupational “types.” Presenting the image subjects in this way conveyed the perception of them as “tame” colonial subjects capable of assimilation into European ways of life. The colonial postcard, popular in the first two decades of the 20th century, came to represent both the technological triumphs of western photography – in printing and mass production – and the political triumphs of European conquest and expansion. These postcards also promoted tourism to the French Caribbean, painting the region as a safe, favorable, and exotic travel destination.

Creole fashion hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

MARTINIQUE - Type et Costume Créole National Museum of African American History and Culture

Dominica, Facts, Geography, History, & Points of Interest

Paul Gauguin - Study of a Martinican Woman - Catalogue Contemporaries of Van Gogh 1 - Van Gogh Museum

Martinique - Creole Culture International Magazine Kreol

CPA AK Type et Costume Creole MARTINIQUE (1045138)., Non Voyagee. Unmailed. DC21095, Carte postale. Postcard.

CPA AK Type et Costume Creole MARTINIQUE (1045138) | United States - Alaska - Other, Postcard

Culture of Martinique - Discover Traditions, History and Heritage

Culture in martinique hi-res stock photography and images - Page 2 - Alamy

The Jumbies' Playing Ground: Old World Influences on Afro-Creole Masquerades in the Eastern Caribbean 1617036110, 9781617036118

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