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Argues that the key texts of modernity and postmodernity may be approached through figures and narratives of paralysis: motion is no more defining of modern travel than fixations, resistance, and impasse; concepts and figures of travel, he posits, must be rethought in this more static light.

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"Culbert convincingly shows how in their travel accounts, diverse colonial and postcolonial authors such as Eugene Fromentin, Jean Paulhan, Michel Leiris, Roland Barthes, and Rachid Boudjedra are always caught in a double bind of mobility and stasis."—C.B. Kerr, Choice

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 000

Introduction 000

1. The Muse of Paralysis 000

2. Horizon of Conquest: Eugène Fromentin's Algerian Narratives 000

3. Slow Progress: Jean Paulhan and Madagascar 000

4. Frustration: Michel Leiris 000

5. Atopia: Roland Barthes 000

6. The Wake of Ulysses 000

Notes 000

Bibliography 000

Index 000

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      Publisher University of Nebraska Press
      Published 1 January 2011
      ISBN-13 9780803229914
      978-0803229914
      ISBN-10 0803229917

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Argues that the key texts of modernity and postmodernity may be approached through figures and narratives of paralysis: motion is no more defining of modern travel than fixations, resistance, and impasse; concepts and figures of travel, he posits, must be rethought in this more static light.

      Trade Review
      "Culbert convincingly shows how in their travel accounts, diverse colonial and postcolonial authors such as Eugene Fromentin, Jean Paulhan, Michel Leiris, Roland Barthes, and Rachid Boudjedra are always caught in a double bind of mobility and stasis."—C.B. Kerr, Choice

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments 000

      Introduction 000

      1. The Muse of Paralysis 000

      2. Horizon of Conquest: Eugène Fromentin's Algerian Narratives 000

      3. Slow Progress: Jean Paulhan and Madagascar 000

      4. Frustration: Michel Leiris 000

      5. Atopia: Roland Barthes 000

      6. The Wake of Ulysses 000

      Notes 000

      Bibliography 000

      Index 000

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