Livingstone's 'lives' : A Metabiography of a Victorian Icon.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (321 pages)
- Studies in Imperialism Series .
- Studies in Imperialism Series .
Cover -- Livingstone's 'Lives' -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- General editor's introduction -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations and a note on spelling -- 1 Bio-diversity: metabiographical method -- 2 Styling the self: making Missionary Travels -- 3 Death: lamenting Livingstone -- 4 Empire: imperial afterlives -- 5 Nation: Scotland's son -- 6 Fiction: laughing at Livingstone? -- 7 Revisionism: sins, psyche, sex -- Index.
Explores how Livingstone has been represented in diverse ways and put to work in a variety of socio-political contexts.