Helen (Hrsg.) Gilbert

In Transit

Travel, Text, Empire

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The essays gathered in In Transit focus on issues arising from the historical nexus between travel and imperialism. Contributors investigate the ways in which specific imperial projects were inextricably linked to developments in travel technologies and practices. At the same time, this collection reveals that imperial fantasies of exploration and conquest, whether actualized or not, irrevocably shaped the formulation of travel as a category of modern experience, as a rite/right of passage, and as a type of embodied knowledge. This dynamic, reciprocal relationship between imperialism and travel is examined in relation to written and pictorial… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Johnston, Anna (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-8204-5699-7
EAN: 9780820456997
Produktnummer: 19036937
Verlag: Lang, Peter
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Seitenangabe: 286 S.
Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.1 cm x D1.7 cm 404 g
Abbildungen: ill.
Gewicht: 404

Über den Autor

The Editors: Helen Gilbert teaches theatre, performance studies, and postcolonial literature at the University of Queensland. Her major publications include Post-Colonial Drama: Theory, Practice, Politics (co-authored with Joanne Tompkins) and Sightlines: Race, Gender, and Nation in Contemporary Australian Theatre. Anna Johnston teaches Australian and postcolonial literature at the University of Tasmania. She has published a number of articles on missionary texts, postcolonial autobiography, and Australian literature.