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Journeys from Scandinavia: Travelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840—2000
Elisabeth Oxfeldt
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Description for Journeys from Scandinavia: Travelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840—2000
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KLS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
For all of the scholarship done on postcolonial literatures, little has been applied to Scandinavian writing. Yet, beginning with the onset of tourism beyond Scandinavia in the 1840s, a compelling body of prose works documents Scandinavian attitudes toward foreign countries and further shows how these Scandinavian travelers sought to portray themselves to uncharted cultures. Focusing on Danish and Norwegian travelogues, Elisabeth Oxfeldt traces the evolution of Scandinavian travel writing over two centuries using pivotal texts from each era, including works by Hans Christian Andersen, Knut Hamsun, and Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen). Oxfeldt situates each one in its historical and geopolitical context, ... Read more
For all of the scholarship done on postcolonial literatures, little has been applied to Scandinavian writing. Yet, beginning with the onset of tourism beyond Scandinavia in the 1840s, a compelling body of prose works documents Scandinavian attitudes toward foreign countries and further shows how these Scandinavian travelers sought to portray themselves to uncharted cultures. Focusing on Danish and Norwegian travelogues, Elisabeth Oxfeldt traces the evolution of Scandinavian travel writing over two centuries using pivotal texts from each era, including works by Hans Christian Andersen, Knut Hamsun, and Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen). Oxfeldt situates each one in its historical and geopolitical context, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816656356
SKU
V9780816656356
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About Elisabeth Oxfeldt
Elisabeth Oxfeldt is associate professor at the University of Oslo and the author of Nordic Orientalism.
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