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Writing, Travel and Empire (Paperback)
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The British Empire drew on the talents of many remarkable figures,
whose lives reveal a wonderfully rich involvement with the crucial
issues of the period. In many cases they left a legacy of travel
writing, novels, biography and ethnography which made important
contributions to our knowledge of other cultures."Writing, Travel
and Empire" explores the lives and writings of eight such figures,
including Sir George Grey, Gertrude Bell, Sir Hugh Clifford, and
Roger Casement. All travelled the Empire - from Grey, the renowned
colonial governor who undertook dangerous journeys to the interior
of Australia, to Tom Harrisson, the emaciated polymath, war hero
and Arctic explorer, whose time in the New Hebrides embraced both
cannibalistic rituals and a meeting with film legend Douglas
Fairbanks Sr, who sought Harrisson out for a Hollywood feature
about savage life.All saw themselves as writers, despite their very
different approaches and interests, and each was writing against a
backdrop of the impending disappearance of indigenous cultures
around the world. Writing from the margins of what was shortly to
become the more formalised discipline of anthropology, their work
yields interesting insights into both the issues of empire and the
ways in which academic disciplines define the boundaries of their
subject. Embracing themes such as gender and travel, racial
science, the globalisation of 'native management' and the internal
colonies, and with a geographical coverage that extends from South
America to Russia via Africa and the South Seas, "Writing Travel
and Empire" will engage all those with an interest in cultural
geography, anthropology, history, postcolonial studies, biography
and travel writing.
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