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Roberta Micallef, Roberta Micallef, Micallef Roberta

Illusion and Disillusionment - Travel Writing in the Modern Age

English · Paperback / Softback

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About the author

Roberta Micallef is Associate Professor of the Practice in Middle Eastern Literatures in the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Boston University.

Summary

Through engaging characters—China-bound missionaries, an Indo-Persian diplomat, a Turkish exile in India, a French teacher in America, Arab students in Moscow, a Japanese woman writer in Europe—Illusion and Disillusionment examines travel writing beyond colonialism, imperialism, and Orientalism, focusing on the experience of travel itself.

Product details

Authors	Roberta Micallef
Assisted by	Roberta Micallef (Editor), Micallef Roberta (Editor)
Publisher	Harvard University Press

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	17.09.2018

EAN	9780674984479
ISBN	978-0-674-98447-9
No. of pages	190
Series	Ilex Series
Subjects	Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Public Administration, Social and cultural history, Asian History

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