Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-216) and index
"Naked" politics in travel writing - Ulrike Brisson -- - The politics of travel writing in 2006 - Bernard Schweizer -- - A short walk through Afghanistan - orientalism and its discontent in recent literature - Mark Graham -- - The politics of travel writing in fascist Spain - Javier Torre -- - Travel in disguise - on travel writing and cultural governance - Hager Weslati -- - The personal is political - but is the political personal - women travel writers and their changing political roles - Maureen Mulligan -- - Travel writing, emigration laws, and racial whitening in nineteenth-century German-Brazilian history - Gabi R. Kathöfer -- - British female radical travelers and the revolution controversy, 1789-1815 - Tsai-Yeh Wang -- - A new Æra for Switzerland - political instruction in Helen Maria Williams' and Sophie von La Roche's Swiss travel narratives during the French Revolution - Florence Widmer-Schnyder
With its specific focus on the connections between politics, travel, and travel writing, Not So Innocent Abroad offers a fresh approach to the study of travel literature. The authors make clear that travel and travel writing are never an ""innocent"" enterp