Debbie Lisle

The Global Politics of Contemporary Travel Writing

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings the 'serious' world of politics to the 'superficial' world of contemporary travel writing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 457g
• ISBN-13: 9781107405837
• ISBN-10: 1107405831
• Artikelnr.: 35892387

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: the global imaginary of contemporary travel writing
2. Between fact and fiction: the generic limits of travel writing
3. The cosmopolitan gaze: re-articulations of modern subjectivity
4. Civilizing territory: geographies of safety and danger
5. Looking back: utopia, nostalgia and the myth of historical progress
6. Conclusion: engaging the political: contemporary travel writing and the ethics of difference.