Travel - Mary Kingsley and West Africa (Paperback)

Studies of women travel writers have ranged from anecdotal and celebratory accounts to more critical essays on imperialism or the textualization of difference. This book does more. Drawing from the life and travels of Mary Kingsley, a nineteenth century travel writer and critic of the Crown Colony system, Alison Blunt cogently examines the relationships among travel, gender, and imperialism. Instead of studying either travel generally or women travel writers in the colonial period specifically, Blunt examines both to show how the spatiality and gendering of travel are inseparable. Underlying her examination are debates about women as a focus of historical research, Western women and imperialism, and the place of women in a historiography of geography.

General

Imprint:	Guilford Publications
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Mappings: Society/Theory/Space
Release date:	May 1994
First published:	April 1994
Authors:	Alison Blunt
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	190
ISBN-13:	978-0-89862-546-2
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Travel > General Promotions
LSN:	0-89862-546-7
Barcode:	9780898625462

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