The Contemporary Anglophone Travel Novel
The Aesthetics of Self-Fashioning in the Era of Globalization
Series: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
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Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-95549-2
- Binding: Hardback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 04/23/2008
- Pages: 200
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Table of Contents
Preface: A Point of Entry
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: Introduction: Adventure Travel, Leisure Practice and Social Critique
Chapter Two: The Contemporary Crusoe: Obsessionality and Adventure Travel
Chapter Three: Postmodern Pilgrimages: Conversion and Cross-Cultural Encounter in the Hysterical Travel Narrative
Chapter Four: The Self in Ruins: Mourning and Melancholia in Contemporary Travel Writing
Chapter Five: Conclusion: Negation as a Lived Critique of Global Culture
Notes
Bibliography
Index