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Book SynopsisOver the past two decades interest in travel has developed significantly. Critical engagement with imperialism, postcolonialism, diasporas, ethnography and cultural anthropology has led to increasingly sophisticated readings of the travel writing genre and a growing acknowledgement of its complex history. Postcolonial Eyes is the first study of its kind to identify a specifically Sub-Saharan African lineage within the broader tradition of travel writing. As well as exploring the reasons for Africans’ exclusion from the genre, the book examines the important relationship between ethnicity and travel and identifies the concerns and preoccupations that define African writers’ approaches to travel.
Trade ReviewA pathbreaking contribution to the vibrant field of tourism and travel studies.
Dominic Thomas... this is an elegantly written, carefully constructed and cogently argued study of francophone African travel narratives that succeeds in its mission of drawing critical attention to a corpus that deserves further scrutiny.
Jane Hiddleston, Studies in Travel Writing, Vol. 14, No. 3Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Note on Translations
- Introduction: History, Genre and New Ways of Reading Travel
- 1. Mirages de Paris: Staged Encounters of the Exotic Kind
- 2. Kocoumbo, l’étudiant noir: Foreign Studies
- 3. Un Nègre à Paris: Tourist Tales
- 4. Atlantic Travels: Beyond the Slave Ship?
- 5. L’Africain du Groenland: ‘Primitive’ on ‘Primitives’
- 6. Le petit prince de Belleville, Maman a un amant: Immigrants and Tourists
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Contents
