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Lecture: Mylynka Kilgore Cardona, The Six (?) Lives of Alexine Tinne
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OnlineOrganisation: The society for the history of discoveriesThis is a presentation on the manuscript-in-process on the life (and afterlife) of Alexandrine “Alexine” Tinne (1835-1869), a Dutch woman who traveled and explored the Nile River and its tributaries (among other places) in the 1850s and 1860s. This work looks at the many roles ascribed to her because of her class and gender. The title refers to the different “lives” she inhabited depending on who was talking/reporting about her and her time in Africa. In her life, she was portrayed as a wealthy “lady traveler”, a brave adventurer, a “cracked” madwoman, and an explorer. In death, Tinne became a martyr and cautionary tale. In her afterlife, depending on century and target audience, she was an abolitionist, a New Woman, an imperial mother, an explorer, a feminist, a fool who [SPOILER ALERT!] got herself killed…
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