Imperial Eyes

Travel Writing and Transculturation

Mary Louise Pratt author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:27th Sep '07

Should be back in stock very soon

This paperback is available in another edition too:

Imperial Eyes cover

Updated and expanded throughout with new illustrations and new material, this is the long- awaited second edition of a highly acclaimed and interdisciplinary book which quickly established itself as a seminal text in its field.

"Imperial Eyes is a seminal work in the study of travel writing, demonstrating an inventive use of canonical and non-canonical sources from the archive of European travel writing, and from the colonial 'contact zone.' Its critical insights are drawn eclectically from discourse analysis, gender criticism, postcolonialism, anthropology, and literary theory, drawn together with unflagging political energy. It remains a model of its kind."

- Nigel Leask, Glasgow University, UK

Praise for 1st edition:

"[an] incisive and far-reaching study ... Pratt writes with clarity, passion and a lively wit." - The Times Literary Supplement

"an engaging and exciting book." - Research in African Literatures

"a fascinating book ... thoroughly, even excitingly, readable." - Asahi Evening News

"[a] compelling account." - Society and Space

ISBN: 9780415438179

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 550g

296 pages

2nd edition