{"product_id":"paralyses-9780803229914","title":"Paralyses","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArgues 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Muse of Paralysis      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Horizon of Conquest: Eugène Fromentin's Algerian Narratives    000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Slow Progress: Jean Paulhan and Madagascar   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Frustration: Michel Leiris 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Atopia: Roland Barthes     000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. The Wake of Ulysses  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex 000\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405248143703,"sku":"9780803229914","price":48.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803229914.jpg?v=1730489274","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/paralyses-9780803229914","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}