Unravelling Civilisation
European Travel and Travel Writing
©2005
Edited Collection
348 Pages
Series:
Europe plurielle/Multiple Europes, Volume 30
Summary
This volume is a collection of contributions about the history and practice of travel and travel writing from a variety of academic disciplines including anthropology, history, linguistics and literary criticism. It brings together scholars from over ten different countries and reflects on what travel is and how travel writings function. It traces the history of travel and travel writing and the notion or idea of a European civilisation that permeates performances and perceptions. The notion of Europe appears as a set of quality standards as well as guidelines for experiences against which civilisations are measured. This set of standards and guidelines, however, is far from stable. It is a floating foundation carrying different versions of Europe throughout time.
The authors tackle the problem from different angles: travels from Europe across the seven oceans transported the idea of European civilisation just as travels to Europe or within Europe. The volume explores the different meanings attached to the term ‘Europe’ and ‘civilisation’ throughout history and shows how different political or cultural contexts affect the notion of what Europe is or should be.
The authors tackle the problem from different angles: travels from Europe across the seven oceans transported the idea of European civilisation just as travels to Europe or within Europe. The volume explores the different meanings attached to the term ‘Europe’ and ‘civilisation’ throughout history and shows how different political or cultural contexts affect the notion of what Europe is or should be.
Details
- Pages
- 348
- Publication Year
- 2005
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9789052012353
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Europa Unravelling Civilisation European Travel Travel Literature History of Perception Civilisation Reisebericht 1542-1964 Discourse and Interpretation European History
- Published
- Bruxelles, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2005. 348 pp., 1 ill.
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