Four French Travelers in Nineteenth-Century Cuba
©2008
Monographs
277 Pages
Series:
Caribbean Studies, Volume 19
Summary
The nineteenth century marks the apex of the travel genre. This book focuses on the representation of Cuba by four French travelers to the island from 1810 to 1866. The travelogues of these voyagers allow their first-hand experience to be considered under the mutual gaze involved in cross-cultural encounters. Four French Travelers in Nineteenth-Century Cuba argues that politics and science, as well as romanticism and commerce, coalesce in the travelers’ representations of Cuban culture and institutions. The travel accounts constitute exercises in how knowledge spreads and gathers as travelers attempt to entice other visitors to emulate them and forge identities for the Cuban «Others» they have encountered.
Details
- Pages
- 277
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9780820488301
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Franzosen Reisebericht Kuba Geschichte 1810-1866 Cuba French Travelers Travelogue Nineteenth Century
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2008. X, 277 pp.