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Postcolonial Eyes
Aedin Ni Loingsigh
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Description for Postcolonial Eyes
Hardcover. Critical engagement with imperialism, postcolonialism, diasporas, ethnography, and cultural anthropology has led to increasingly sophisticated readings of the travel writing genre and a growing acknowledgement of its complex history. This book tries to identify a Sub-Saharan African lineage within the broader tradition of travel writing. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2ADF; DSBH5; WTL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
Over the past two decades interest in travel has developed significantly. Critical engagement with imperialism, postcolonialism, diasporas, ethnography and cultural anthropology has led to increasingly sophisticated readings of the travel writing genre and a growing acknowledgement of its complex history. Postcolonial Eyes is the first study of its kind to identify a specifically Sub-Saharan African lineage within the broader tradition of travel writing. As well as exploring the reasons for Africans’ exclusion from the genre, the book examines the important relationship between ethnicity and travel and identifies the concerns and preoccupations that define African writers’ approaches to travel.
Over the past two decades interest in travel has developed significantly. Critical engagement with imperialism, postcolonialism, diasporas, ethnography and cultural anthropology has led to increasingly sophisticated readings of the travel writing genre and a growing acknowledgement of its complex history. Postcolonial Eyes is the first study of its kind to identify a specifically Sub-Saharan African lineage within the broader tradition of travel writing. As well as exploring the reasons for Africans’ exclusion from the genre, the book examines the important relationship between ethnicity and travel and identifies the concerns and preoccupations that define African writers’ approaches to travel.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846310492
SKU
V9781846310492
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About Aedin Ni Loingsigh
Aedin Ni Loingsigh is a Research Fellow at the University of Stirling, she previously taught at the University of Edinburgh. Previous books include 'Thresholds of Otherness' (Grant & Cutler, 2002) with David Murphy.
Reviews for Postcolonial Eyes
Loingsigh's analyses are well developed, clear and concise... the book offers a unique and much needed African perspective on journeying and experiencing
albeit temporarily
the world of another.
Journal of Intercultural Studies
Written in clear and accessible language, this thorough, concise, and theoretically sophisticated study will be of interest to researchers and students in francophone post-colonial studies, travel, and gender studies.
French Studies, vol 65, no 2
Postcolonial Eyes offers an incisive and judicious assessment of “mobile critical subjects”, highlighting the manner in which the notion of circulation requires vigilant monitoring as we seek to better understand the multidimensionality of “mobility” within the context of the rapidly evolving geopolitical configurations of contemporary global alignments.
Research in African Literatures, Volume 40, Number 4
A pathbreaking contribution to the vibrant field of tourism and travel studies. Dominic Thomas ... this is an elegantly written, carefully constructed and cogently argued study of francophone African travel narratives that succeeds in its mission of drawing critical attention to a corpus that deserves further scrutiny. Jane Hiddleston, Studies in Travel Writing, Vol. 14, No. 3
albeit temporarily
the world of another.
Journal of Intercultural Studies
Written in clear and accessible language, this thorough, concise, and theoretically sophisticated study will be of interest to researchers and students in francophone post-colonial studies, travel, and gender studies.
French Studies, vol 65, no 2
Postcolonial Eyes offers an incisive and judicious assessment of “mobile critical subjects”, highlighting the manner in which the notion of circulation requires vigilant monitoring as we seek to better understand the multidimensionality of “mobility” within the context of the rapidly evolving geopolitical configurations of contemporary global alignments.
Research in African Literatures, Volume 40, Number 4
A pathbreaking contribution to the vibrant field of tourism and travel studies. Dominic Thomas ... this is an elegantly written, carefully constructed and cogently argued study of francophone African travel narratives that succeeds in its mission of drawing critical attention to a corpus that deserves further scrutiny. Jane Hiddleston, Studies in Travel Writing, Vol. 14, No. 3