Description
Book SynopsisThe Contemporary Anglophone Travel Novel examines the aesthetics of adventure travel since World War II by exploring the many referents travelers evoke as they imagine their escapes: the lingering memory of the war, the disintegration of empire, and the rapid growth of capitalism and commercial culture.
Trade Review"well-grounded, systematically organized, and intriguingly new conceptualizations of postmodern subjectivity and the adventure travel genre with wide interdisciplinary appeal." -- Modern Fiction Studies, Kristine A. Wilson, Purdue University
Table of ContentsPreface: A Point of Entry
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: Introduction: Adventure Travel, Leisure Practice and Social Critique
Chapter Two: The Contemporary Crusoe: Obsessionality and Adventure Travel
Chapter Three: Postmodern Pilgrimages: Conversion and Cross-Cultural Encounter in the Hysterical Travel Narrative
Chapter Four: The Self in Ruins: Mourning and Melancholia in Contemporary Travel Writing
Chapter Five: Conclusion: Negation as a Lived Critique of Global Culture
Notes
Bibliography
Index
