ABSTRACT
Writes of Passage explores the interplay between a system of "othering" which travelers bring to a place, and the "real" geographical difference they discover upon arrival. Exposing the tensions between the imaginary and real, Duncan and Gregory and a team of leading internationa contributors focus primarily upon travelers from the 18th and 19th Centuries to pin down the imaginary within the context of imperial power. The contributors focus on travel to three main regions: Africa, South Asia, and Europe - wit the European examples being drawn from Britain, France and Greece.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|35 pages
Limited Visions of Africa: Geographies of savagery and civility in early eighteenth-century narratives
Geographies of savagery and civility in early eighteenth- century narratives
chapter 10|19 pages
Writing Over the Map of Provence: The touristic therapy of A Year in Provence
The touristic therapy of A Year
