Writes of Passage: Reading Travel Writing

Writes of Passage: Reading Travel Writing
ISBN-10
1134721250
ISBN-13
9781134721252
Series
Writes of Passage
Category
Science
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2002-01-31
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
James Duncan, Derek Gregory

Description

Writes of Passage explores the interplay between a system of "othering" which travelers bring to a place, and the "real" geographical difference they discover upon arrival. Exposing the tensions between the imaginary and real, Duncan and Gregory and a team of leading internationa contributors focus primarily upon travelers from the 18th and 19th Centuries to pin down the imaginary within the context of imperial power. The contributors focus on travel to three main regions: Africa, South Asia, and Europe - wit the European examples being drawn from Britain, France and Greece.

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