A lecture

The Cult of the Celebrity: Omai, the Exotic and Joshua Reynolds

Joshua Reynolds's portrait of Omai raises questions about celebrity, empire and the construction of the exotic.

Portrait of a man by Joshua Reynolds.

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The lecture examines how eighteenth-century Britain represented Omai as 'the Other'.

Topics

  • The Cult of the Celebrity

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  • General audiences

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