{"product_id":"journeys-from-scandinavia-travelogues-of-africa-asia-and-south-america-1840-2000-paperback-softback-9780816656356","title":"Journeys from Scandinavia; Travelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840—2000 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816656356","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJourneys from Scandinavia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTravelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840—2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElisabeth Oxfeldt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816656356\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 August 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.446 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFor all of the scholarship done on postcolonial literatures, little has been applied to Scandinavian writing. Yet, beginning with the onset of tourism beyond Scandinavia in the 1840s, a compelling body of prose works documents Scandinavian attitudes toward foreign countries and further shows how these Scandinavian travelers sought to portray themselves to uncharted cultures.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFocusing on Danish and Norwegian travelogues, Elisabeth Oxfeldt traces the evolution of Scandinavian travel writing over two centuries using pivotal texts from each era, including works by Hans Christian Andersen, Knut Hamsun, and Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen). Oxfeldt situates each one in its historical and geopolitical context, and her close readings delineate how each travelogue reflects Scandinavia’s ongoing confrontation between Self and the non-European cultural Other.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA long-overdue examination of travel literature produced by some of Denmark and Norway’s greatest writers, \u003ci\u003eJourneys from Scandinavia\u003c\/i\u003e unpacks the unstable constructions of Scandinavian cultural and national identity and, in doing so, complicates the common assumption of a homogeneous, hegemonic Scandinavia.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction, Part I. Romantic Journeys to the Orient, 1. Discovering His Inner Turk: Hans Christian Andersen’\u003cbr\u003es Commodification of the Exotic, 2. The Hyphenated Woman: Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann’\u003cbr\u003es Juggling Categories of Gender, Nation, and Ethnicity, 3. The Ironic Traveler: Danger and Identity in Knut Hamsun’\u003cbr\u003es Oriental Travelogues, Part II. Modern Primitive Travel, 4. Savage Science: Johannes V. Jensen in the Malay Jungle, 5. Humor, Gender, and Nationality: Issak Dinesen’\u003cbr\u003es Encounter with Africa, 6. The Traveler and the Tourist: Axel Jensen’\u003cbr\u003es Desperate Frolic in the Sahara, Part III. Late and Postmodern Travel, 7. From the Personal to the Universal–\u003cbr\u003eand Back: Carsten Jensen Around the World, 8. Futile Journeys: Parody, Postmodernism, and Postnationalism in Erlend Loe’\u003cbr\u003es Traveling, Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52570070810904,"sku":"9780816656356","price":18.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/journeys-from-scandinavia-travelogues-of-africa-asia-and-south-america-1840-2000-paperback-softback-9780816656356","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}