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Writes of passage : reading travel writing /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1999.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 225 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203054543 0203054547 9780415160131 0415160138 9780415160148 0415160146 0585448566 9780585448565 661032994X 9786610329946 1134721250 9781134721252 1280329947 9781280329944 |