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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sara Mills (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780415046299ISBN 10: 0415046297 Pages: 244 Publication Date: 28 November 1991 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsDiscourses of Difference uncovers the many ways women travel writers have tried to deal with problems of credibility. They have played down the adventurous parts of their journeys or not reported events deemed unfeminine. They have consciously created women's texts, by writing in ways that allowed their books to be produced and read differently from men's travel writing. And the instability of the narrator's position--particularly in books of the colonial period, as Kingsley's example demonstrates--reflects the more general contradictions and complexity of white women's relation to power. <br>- The Women's Review of Books <br> Discourses of Difference uncovers the many ways women travel writers have tried to deal with problems of credibility. They have played down the adventurous parts of their journeys or not reported events deemed unfeminine. They have consciously created women's texts, by writing in ways that allowed their books to be produced and read differently from men's travel writing. And the instability of the narrator's position--particularly in books of the colonial period, as Kingsley's example demonstrates--reflects the more general contradictions and complexity of white women's relation to power. - The Women's Review of Books Author InformationSara Mills Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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