Travel, Gender, and Imperialism: Mary Kingsley and West Africa

by Alison Blunt

Book Overview

Drawing from the life and travels of Mary Kingsley, a nineteenth century travel writer and critic of the Crown Colony system, Alison Blunt cogently examines the relationships among travel, gender, and imperialism. Instead of studying either travel generally or women travel writers in the colonial period specifically, Blunt examines both to show how the spatiality and gendering of travel are inseparable. Underlying her examination are debates about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898625467
• ISBN13: 9780898625462
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"