Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Globalization
|
Buy Now
License to Travel - A Cultural History of the Passport (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R558
Discovery Miles 5 580
|
|
License to Travel - A Cultural History of the Passport (Hardcover)
(sign in to rate)
Loot Price R558
Discovery Miles 5 580
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
This surprising global history of an indispensable document reveals
how the passport has shaped art, thought, and human experience
while helping to define the modern world. In License to Travel,
Patrick Bixby takes the reader on a captivating journey from
pharaonic Egypt and Han-dynasty China to the passport controls and
crowded refugee camps of today. Along the way, you will: Peruse the
passports of artists and intellectuals, writers and musicians,
ancient messengers and modern migrants. See how these seemingly
humble documents implicate us in larger narratives about identity,
mobility, citizenship, and state authority. Encounter intimate
stories of vulnerability and desire along with vivid examples drawn
from world cinema, literature, art, philosophy, and politics.
Witness the authority that travel documents exercise over our
movements and our emotions as we circulate around the globe. With
unexpected discoveries at every turn, License to Travel exposes the
passport as both an instrument of personal freedom and a tool of
government surveillance powerful enough to define our very
humanity.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.