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Travel Writing and Social Science on Contemporary Iberia: An Interdisciplinary, Quantitative Approach - Couverture souple

Bento, Paulo Tiago

 
9786202060073: Travel Writing and Social Science on Contemporary Iberia: An Interdisciplinary, Quantitative Approach
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ISBN 10 : 6202060077 ISBN 13 : 9786202060073
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Travel writing is an important genre in terms of sales and in the production of representations of societies and cultures. Yet, many books under that label do not focus on a journey, so that this work starts by questioning the very definition of the genre, proposing an alternative designation, and performing a thorough revision of the literature (including approaches from social science, cultural studies, postcolonial studies and literature studies). In addition, as studies on travel writing usually mention quantities without making the quantification process explicit, this study takes an explicit quantified approach. In doing so, it adopts a social science perspective that allows it to produce a systematic description and analysis of the way contemporary Spain and Portugal are portrayed in travel writing vis-à-vis representations produced by social science. Based on this, it discusses general theoretical issues regarding the genre, and proposes that travel writers should be careful in the representations they produce given the ethics involved in representing places and people.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Travel writing is an important genre in terms of sales and in the production of representations of societies and cultures. Yet, many books under that label do not focus on a journey, so that this work starts by questioning the very definition of the genre, proposing an alternative designation, and performing a thorough revision of the literature (including approaches from social science, cultural studies, postcolonial studies and literature studies). In addition, as studies on travel writing usually mention quantities without making the quantification process explicit, this study takes an explicit quantified approach. In doing so, it adopts a social science perspective that allows it to produce a systematic description and analysis of the way contemporary Spain and Portugal are portrayed in travel writing vis-à-vis representations produced by social science. Based on this, it discusses general theoretical issues regarding the genre, and proposes that travel writers should be careful in the representations they produce given the ethics involved in representing places and people.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Bento teaches Social Science at South of Bahia Federal University. He has published on travel writing in international scientific journals and he is himself a published travel writer. He has translated around 20 books from English into Portuguese and worked at major publishing houses.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
6202060077
ISBN 13 
9786202060073
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
172
Coordonnées du fabricant
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