An edition of Journeys from Scandinavia (2010)

Journeys from Scandinavia

travelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840-2000

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Elisabeth Oxfeldt, Elisabeth O ...
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travelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840-2000

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University of Minnesota Press
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Subjects

Travelers in literature, Postcolonialism in literature, History and criticism, Travelers' writings, Scandinavian, Other (Philosophy) in literature, Exoticism in literature, In literature, Travel in literature

Places

South America, Africa, Asia
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Journeys from Scandinavia: travelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840-2000
2010, University of Minnesota Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Part I. Romantic journeys to the Orient: Discovering his inner Turk: Hans Christian Andersen's commodification of the exotic; the hyphenated woman: Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann's juggling categories of gender, nation, and ethnicity; the ironic traveler: danger and identity in Knut Hamsun's Oriental travelogues
Part II. Modern primitive travel: savage science: Johannes V. Jensen in the Malay jungle; humor, gender, and nationality: Isak Dinesen's encounter with Africa; the traveler and the tourist: Axel Jensen's desperate frolic in the Sahara
Part III. Late and postmodern travel: From the personal to the universal-and back: Carsten Jensen around the world; futile journeys: parody, postmodernism, and postnationalism in Erlend Loe's traveling.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Minneapolis

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Dewey Decimal Class
839.7/355
Library of Congress
PT7073.T73 O94 2010

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Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24552666M
ISBN 13
9780816656349, 9780816656356
LCCN
2010017035

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