Interpersonal encounters in contemporary travel writing : French and Italian perspectives / Catharine Mee.
"This critical study examines the theme of interpersonal encounter in a range of late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century travel writing written in French and Italian. Structured typologically, each chapter focuses on a typical activity that brings traveller-protagonists into contact with...
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Anthem Press,
[2014]
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| Series: | Anthem studies in travel.
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Table of Contents:
- Interpersonal Encounters in Contemporary Travel Writing; Title; Copyright; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter 1 Encountering, Travelling, Writing; Encounter; Travel Writing and Tourism; Voyage/Viaggio; Chapters; Chapter 2 Strategy, Authenticity, Ethics; Strategy; Authenticity; Ethics; Chapter 3 Guiding; Authenticity and Mediation; Guides and guidebooks; The gatekeeper; An authentic encounter; Translation and Voice; The invisible translator; Representation strategies; Authorship and readership; Chapter 4 Hosting; Hospitality and Authenticity
- Invitation versus reservationBack to the bubble; Freedom; Hospitality as control; The world is my playground; The Nature of Encounters; Reciprocity; Time and friendships; Chapter 5 Staring; The Stare of the Travellee; The gaze, the stare and the travel encounter; The travellee as starer; The traveller as staree; Photography and Encounter; Tourists and cameras; Photography as intrusion; Photography as interaction; Chapter 6 Challenging; Economic Power; Justification: Rickshaw Riders; Distancing: Prostitutes; Dilemma: Beggars; Chapter 7 Accompanying; Absent Friends
- 'That most ambiguous of personal pronouns'A question of genre; Alter Ego or Mirror?; Chance Companions; Chapter 8 Concluding; Notes; Chapter 1: Encountering, Travelling, Writing; Chapter 2: Strategy, Authenticity, Ethics; Chapter 3: Guiding; Chapter 4: Hosting; Chapter 5: Staring; Chapter 6: Challenging; Chapter 7: Accompanying; Chapter 8: Concluding; Bibliography; Primary Texts; Secondary Texts; Online; INDEX