In Transit : Travel, Text, Empire
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0820456993
ISBN-13
9780820456997
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 10th, 2002
Print length
286 Pages
Weight
406 grams
Dimensions
15.50 x 22.80 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: generalSocial & cultural historyColonialism & imperialism
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The essays gathered in In Transit focus on issues arising from the historical nexus between travel and imperialism. Contributors investigate the ways in which specific imperial projects were inextricably linked to developments in travel technologies and practices. At the same time, this collection reveals that imperial fantasies of exploration and conquest, whether actualized or not, irrevocably shaped the formulation of travel as a category of modern experience, as a rite/right of passage, and as a type of embodied knowledge. This dynamic, reciprocal relationship between imperialism and travel is examined in relation to written and pictorial documents produced at different historical moments and across a broad range of geographical locations, including India, Borneo, the Caribbean, South Africa, Australia, Britain, Polynesia, and Papua New Guinea.
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