In Transit: Travel, Text, Empire - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0820456993 ISBN 13 : 9780820456997

Editeur : Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2002

Synopsis

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 documents produced at different historical moments and across a broad range of geographical locations, including India, Borneo, the Caribbean, South Africa, Australia, Britain, Polynesia, and Papua New Guinea.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0820456993
• ISBN 13: 9780820456997
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 286
• Éditeur: Gilbert Helen, Johnston Anna
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