Global Politics of Contemporary Travel Writing

Klappentext This book brings the 'serious' world of politics to the 'superficial' world of contemporary travel writing. Zusammenfassung In this book! Debbie Lisle examines the connections between the 'serious' world of international politics and the 'superficial' world of contemporary travel writing! arguing that best-selling travelogues! such as those by Paul Theroux! Bill Bryson! Bruce Chatwin and Michael Palin! engage with political issues including equality! multiculturalism and justice. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

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• Authors: Debbie Lisle, Debbie (Queen''s University Belfast) Lisle, Lisle Debbie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.07.2012
• EAN: 9781107405837
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40583-7
• No. of pages: 314
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, International Relations, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary studies: postcolonial literature