Journeys from Scandinavia travelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840 - 2000
Introduction -- Part I. Romantic journeys to the Orient: Discovering his inner Turk: Hans Christian Andersen's commodification of the exotic; the hyphenated woman: Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann's juggling categories of gender, nation, and ethnicity; the ironic traveler: danger and identity in...
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Minneapolis, Minn., London
University of Minnesota Press
2010
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Travelers' writings, Scandinavian
> History and criticism
> Travel in literature
> Travelers in literature
> Postcolonialism in literature
> Other (Philosophy) in literature
> Exoticism in literature
> Africa
> In literature
> Asia
> South America
> Afrika
> Reiseliteratur
> Skandinavische Sprachen
> Geschichte 1840-2000
> Asien
> Südamerika
> Literatur
> Exotismus
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Zusammenfassung: | Introduction -- Part I. Romantic journeys to the Orient: Discovering his inner Turk: Hans Christian Andersen's commodification of the exotic; the hyphenated woman: Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann's juggling categories of gender, nation, and ethnicity; the ironic traveler: danger and identity in Knut Hamsun's Oriental travelogues -- Part II. Modern primitive travel: savage science: Johannes V. Jensen in the Malay jungle; humor, gender, and nationality: Isak Dinesen's encounter with Africa; the traveler and the tourist: Axel Jensen's desperate frolic in the Sahara -- Part III. Late and postmodern travel: From the personal to the universal-and back: Carsten Jensen around the world; futile journeys: parody, postmodernism, and postnationalism in Erlend Loe's traveling. |
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Beschreibung: | Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Introduction -- Part I. Romantic journeys to the Orient: Discovering his inner Turk: Hans Christian Andersen's commodification of the exotic; the hyphenated woman: Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann's juggling categories of gender, nation, and ethnicity; the ironic traveler: danger and identity in Knut Hamsun's Oriental travelogues -- Part II. Modern primitive travel: savage science: Johannes V. Jensen in the Malay jungle; humor, gender, and nationality: Isak Dinesen's encounter with Africa; the traveler and the tourist: Axel Jensen's desperate frolic in the Sahara -- Part III. Late and postmodern travel: From the personal to the universal-and back: Carsten Jensen around the world; futile journeys: parody, postmodernism, and postnationalism in Erlend Loe's traveling |
Beschreibung: | XXVII, 301 S. Ill. 22 cm |
ISBN: | 9780816656356 978-0-8166-5635-6 9780816656349 978-0-8166-5634-9 0816656347 0-8166-5634-7 0816656355 0-8166-5635-5 |