wyszukanych pozycji: 5
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The Global Politics of Contemporary Travel Writing
ISBN: 9780521867801 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. To what extent do best-selling travel books, such as those by Paul Theroux, Bill Bryson, Bruce Chatwin and Michael Palin, tell us as much about world politics as newspaper articles, policy documents and press releases? Debbie Lisle argues that the formulations of genre, identity, geopolitics and history at work in contemporary travel writing are increasingly at odds with a cosmopolitan and multicultural world in which 'everybody travels'. Despite the forces of globalization, common stereotypes about 'foreignness' continue to shape the experience of modern travel. The Global Politics of...
To what extent do best-selling travel books, such as those by Paul Theroux, Bill Bryson, Bruce Chatwin and Michael Palin, tell us as much about world ...
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439,79 |
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Holidays in the Danger Zone: Entanglements of War and Tourism
ISBN: 9780816698554 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "Holidays in the Danger Zone" exposes the mundane and everyday interactions between two seemingly opposed worlds: warfare and tourism. Debbie Lisle shows how a tourist sensibility shapes the behavior of soldiers in war especially the experiences of Western military forces in exotic settings. This includes not only R&R but also how battlefields become landscapes of leisure and tourism. She further explores how a military sensibility shapes the development of tourism in the postwar context, from Dark Tourism (engaging with displays of conflict and atrocity) to exhibitions of conflict in... "Holidays in the Danger Zone" exposes the mundane and everyday interactions between two seemingly opposed worlds: warfare and tourism. Debbie Lisle... |
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423,50 |
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The Global Politics of Contemporary Travel Writing
ISBN: 9781107405837 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. To what extent do best-selling travel books, such as those by Paul Theroux, Bill Bryson, Bruce Chatwin and Michael Palin, tell us as much about world politics as newspaper articles, policy documents and press releases? Debbie Lisle argues that the formulations of genre, identity, geopolitics and history at work in contemporary travel writing are increasingly at odds with a cosmopolitan and multicultural world in which 'everybody travels'. Despite the forces of globalization, common stereotypes about 'foreignness' continue to shape the experience of modern travel. The Global Politics of...
To what extent do best-selling travel books, such as those by Paul Theroux, Bill Bryson, Bruce Chatwin and Michael Palin, tell us as much about world ...
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204,11 |
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Holidays in the Danger Zone: Entanglements of War and Tourism
ISBN: 9780816698561 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "Holidays in the Danger Zone" exposes the mundane and everyday interactions between two seemingly opposed worlds: warfare and tourism. Debbie Lisle shows how a tourist sensibility shapes the behavior of soldiers in war especially the experiences of Western military forces in exotic settings. This includes not only R&R but also how battlefields become landscapes of leisure and tourism. She further explores how a military sensibility shapes the development of tourism in the postwar context, from Dark Tourism (engaging with displays of conflict and atrocity) to exhibitions of conflict in... "Holidays in the Danger Zone" exposes the mundane and everyday interactions between two seemingly opposed worlds: warfare and tourism. Debbie Lisle... |
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116,78 |
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The Adventure of Creation: With a Foreword by Holly Lisle
ISBN: 9783956810008 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. With a Foreword by Holly Lisle Adventures and Creativity can be found everywhere as the 35 short stories of this anthology show. Each author found a different angle for the unifying theme: The Adventure of Creation. Follow a girl to the Below-World to slay the Sharkshadow, or help a timid girl to overcome the destructive criticism of her art teacher. Witness a solitary drone on Mars or a naive homunculus struggle to become human. Sew with a mother who lost her daughter in a unicorn quilt, defeat bank robbing super-villains with an unlikely superhero, or join a great mage in the fire.... With a Foreword by Holly Lisle Adventures and Creativity can be found everywhere as the 35 short stories of this anthology show. Each author fou... |
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43,83 |