Imperial Eyes : Travel Writing and Transculturation
'Imperial Eyes' is a study of travel writing, European expansion, and the dynamics of meaning-making on the imperial frontier. Focusing on travel and exploration writing about Africa and South America in relation to European economics and political expansion since around 1750, 'Imperi...
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| Format: | Livre papier |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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London ; New York :
Routledge
C 1992.
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Autres tirages : 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007 |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Variante du titre: | Travel Writing and Transculturation |
| Résumé: | 'Imperial Eyes' is a study of travel writing, European expansion, and the dynamics of meaning-making on the imperial frontier. Focusing on travel and exploration writing about Africa and South America in relation to European economics and political expansion since around 1750, 'Imperial Eyes' is both a study in genre and a critique of ideology. It shows how travel writing goes about creating the domestic subject of European imperialism, and how reading publics have been engaged with expansionist enterprises." |
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| Description: | Autres tirages : 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007 |
| Description matérielle: | 1 volume (XII-257 pages) : couverture illustrée en couleurs, illustrations en noir et blanc ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliographie: | Notes bibliographiques en fin d'ouvrage. Index |
| ISBN: | 9780415026758 (relié) : 9780415060950 (broché) : 041502675X (relié) 0415060958 (broché) |