Worlds of Knowledge in Women's Travel Writing - Ilex Series

Worlds of Knowledge in Women's Travel Writing rediscovers the works of a wide range of authors from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. A stowaway on a voyage circumnavigating the globe; a nineteenth-century visitor to schools in Japan; an Indian activist undertaking a pilgrimage to Iraq-these are some of the women whose experiences come to life in this volume. Worlds of Knowledge explores travel writing as a genre for communicating information about other cultures and for testing assumptions about the nature and extent of women's expertise. The book challenges the frequent focus in travel studies on English-language texts by exploring works in French and Urdu as well as English and focusing on journeys to France, Spain, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, India, Ethiopia, Japan, Australia, and the Falkland Islands. Written by experts in a wide range of fields, this interdisciplinary volume sheds new light on the range, innovation, and erudition of travel narratives by women.

ISBN:	9780674260566
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Imprint:	Ilex Foundation
Published date:	11 Feb 2022
DEWEY:	809.9332082
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	250
Weight:	310g
Height:	154mm
Width:	228mm
Spine width:	16mm

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