Travel writing has become central to postcolonial studies. This book provides an introduction to the genre, particularly to its dynamics of power and representa

This collection of essays is an important contribution to travel writing studies -- looking beyond the explicitly political questions of postcolonial and gender

Travel writing has become central to postcolonial studies and literary criticism. This is a comprehensive introduction to the genre, to its dynamics of power an

The essays collected here focus on issues of colonialism/post-colonialism, empire, identity, culture, spectacle, pilgrimage, map theory, narrative theory, diasp