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The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing (Routledge Literature Companions)

Carl Thompson

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Description:As many places around the world confront issues of globalization, migration and postcoloniality, travel writing has become a serious genre of study, reflecting some of the greatest concerns of our time. Encompassing forms as diverse as field journals, investigative reports, guidebooks, memoirs, comic sketches and lyrical reveries; travel writing is now a crucial focus for discussion across many subjects within the humanities and social sciences.An ideal starting point for beginners, but also offering new perspectives for those familiar with the field, The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing examines:Key debates within the field, including postcolonial studies, gender, sexuality and visual cultureHistorical and cultural contexts, tracing the evolution of travel writing across time and over culturesDifferent styles, modes and themes of travel writing, from pilgrimage to tourismImagined geographies, and the relationship between travel writing and the social, ideological and occasionally fictional constructs through which we view the different regions of the world.Covering all of the major topics and debates, this is an essential overview of the field, which will also encourage new and exciting directions for study.Contributors: Simon Bainbridge, Anthony Bale, Shobhana Bhattacharji, Dunlaith Bird, Elizabeth A. Bohls, Wendy Bracewell, Kylie Cardell, Daniel Carey, Janice Cavell, Simon Cooke, Matthew Day, Kate Douglas, Justin D. Edwards, David Farley, Charles Forsdick, Corinne Fowler, Laura E. Franey, Rune Graulund, Justine Greenwood, James M. Hargett, Jennifer Hayward, Eva Johanna Holmberg, Graham Huggan, William Hutton, Robin Jarvis, Tabish Khair, Zoe Kinsley, Barbara Korte, Julia Kuehn, Scott Laderman, Claire Lindsay, Churnjeet Mahn, Nabil Matar, Steve Mentz, Laura Nenzi, Aedin Ni Loingsigh, Manfred Pfister, Susan L. Roberson, Paul Smethurst, Carl Thompson, C.W. Thompson, Margaret Topping, Richard White, Gregory Woods."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing (Routledge Literature Companions). To get started finding The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing (Routledge Literature Companions), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: As many places around the world confront issues of globalization, migration and postcoloniality, travel writing has become a serious genre of study, reflecting some of the greatest concerns of our time. Encompassing forms as diverse as field journals, investigative reports, guidebooks, memoirs, comic sketches and lyrical reveries; travel writing is now a crucial focus for discussion across many subjects within the humanities and social sciences.An ideal starting point for beginners, but also offering new perspectives for those familiar with the field, The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing examines:Key debates within the field, including postcolonial studies, gender, sexuality and visual cultureHistorical and cultural contexts, tracing the evolution of travel writing across time and over culturesDifferent styles, modes and themes of travel writing, from pilgrimage to tourismImagined geographies, and the relationship between travel writing and the social, ideological and occasionally fictional constructs through which we view the different regions of the world.Covering all of the major topics and debates, this is an essential overview of the field, which will also encourage new and exciting directions for study.Contributors: Simon Bainbridge, Anthony Bale, Shobhana Bhattacharji, Dunlaith Bird, Elizabeth A. Bohls, Wendy Bracewell, Kylie Cardell, Daniel Carey, Janice Cavell, Simon Cooke, Matthew Day, Kate Douglas, Justin D. Edwards, David Farley, Charles Forsdick, Corinne Fowler, Laura E. Franey, Rune Graulund, Justine Greenwood, James M. Hargett, Jennifer Hayward, Eva Johanna Holmberg, Graham Huggan, William Hutton, Robin Jarvis, Tabish Khair, Zoe Kinsley, Barbara Korte, Julia Kuehn, Scott Laderman, Claire Lindsay, Churnjeet Mahn, Nabil Matar, Steve Mentz, Laura Nenzi, Aedin Ni Loingsigh, Manfred Pfister, Susan L. Roberson, Paul Smethurst, Carl Thompson, C.W. Thompson, Margaret Topping, Richard White, Gregory Woods."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing (Routledge Literature Companions). To get started finding The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing (Routledge Literature Companions), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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