Other Routes: 1500 Years of African and Asian Travel Writing
... brings new insights into the colonial relationship whilechallenging the unspoken temptation that this was a distinctly Europeanperiod. -- Simon GikandiOther Routes collects importantprimary work by travel writers from Asia and Africa in English translation. Anintroduction by Tabish Khair discusses travel literature as a genre, the perceptionof travel and writing about travel as a European privilege, and the emergence of newwritings that show that travel has been a human occupation that crosses time andculture. This original and significant book will interest armchair travelers andothers in views of people and places away from the European…
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Weitere Autoren: Edwards, Justin D. (Hrsg.) / Leer, Martin (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-253-21821-6
- EAN: 9780253218216
- Produktnummer: 1811282
- Verlag: Indiana Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 421 S.
- Masse: H20.4 cm x B13.5 cm x D2.3 cm 476 g
- Gewicht: 476
- Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.
Über den Autor
Tabish Khair teaches at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. Justin D. Edwards is an associate professor at Copenhagen University, Denmark. Martin Leer is an associate professor at Copenhagen University, Denmark. Hanna Ziadeh is a Lebanese writer and translator who lives in Denmark.
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