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Journeys from Scandinavia : travelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840-2000 / Elisabeth Oxfeldt.
Van Pelt Library PT7073.T73 O94 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oxfeldt, Elisabeth.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Travelers' writings, Scandinavian--History and criticism.
- Travelers' writings, Scandinavian.
- Travel in literature.
- Travelers in literature.
- Postcolonialism in literature.
- Other (Philosophy) in literature.
- Exoticism in literature.
- Africa--In literature.
- Africa.
- Asia--In literature.
- Asia.
- South America--In literature.
- South America.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Romantic journeys to the Orient: Discovering his inner Turk: Hans Christian Andersen's commodification of the exotic; the hyphenated woman: Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann's juggling categories of gender, nation, and ethnicity; the ironic traveler: danger and identity in Knut Hamsun's Oriental travelogues
- Part II. Modern primitive travel: savage science: Johannes V. Jensen in the Malay jungle; humor, gender, and nationality: Isak Dinesen's encounter with Africa; the traveler and the tourist: Axel Jensen's desperate frolic in the Sahara
- Part III. Late and postmodern travel: From the personal to the universal-and back: Carsten Jensen around the world; futile journeys: parody, postmodernism, and postnationalism in Erlend Loe's traveling.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816656349
- 0816656347
- 9780816656356
- 0816656355
- OCLC:
- 475453686
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