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critical explorations

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An edition of Postcolonial travel writing (2010)

Postcolonial travel writing

critical explorations

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Postcolonial Travel Writing challenges prevailing notions of travel writing as intrinsically colonial and Eurocentric, exploring the works of writers including Jamaica Kincaid, Caryl Phillips, V.S. Naipaul, Pico Iyer and Jan Morris as rich and fascinating examples of the genre. Featuring original interviews with William Dalrymple and Pankaj Mishra, this exciting collection by internationally recognized scholars in the field offers a comprehensive study of postcolonial travel writing, from literature and memoir to essays and travel histories. The volume stands as an innovative benchmark study of future inquiries into the field, and will spark a much-needed rethinking of this vibrant and volatile genre.

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Palgrave Macmillan
Language
English
Pages
192

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Cover of: Postcolonial travel writing
Postcolonial travel writing: critical explorations
2011, Palgrave Macmillan
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Cover of: Postcolonial Travel Writing
Postcolonial Travel Writing
2010, Palgrave Macmillan
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Table of Contents

Beyond Imperial eyes / Claire Lindsay
Disturbing Naipaul's 'universal civilization' : Islam, travel narratives and the limits of westernization / Bidhan Roy
Travelling home : global travel and the postcolonial in the travel writing of Pico Iyer / Rune Graulund
Travel writing and postcoloniality : Caryl Phillips's The Atlantic sound / María Lourdes López Ropero
Decolonizing travel : James/Jan Morris's geographies / Richard Phillips
'Between somewhere and elsewhere' : sugar, slate and postcolonial travel writing / Justin D. Edwards
Where the other half lives : touring the sites of Caribbean spirit possession in Jamaica Kincaid's A small place / Anne Shroder
Floral diaspora in Jamaica Kincaid's travel writing / Zoran Pećić
Post-Orientalism and the past-colonial in William Dalrymple's travel histories / Paul Smethurst
An interview with William Dalrymple and Pankaj Mishra / Tabish Khair.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
820.9/32
Library of Congress
PR9080.5 .P73 2011, PN45-PN57HM623PN441-

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 192 p. ;
Number of pages
192

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25572516M
ISBN 10
0230241190
ISBN 13
9780230241190
LCCN
2010033939
OCLC/WorldCat
659412871

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL16996601W

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