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Journeys from Scandinavia : travelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840-2000
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Journeys from Scandinavia : travelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840-2000

Elisabeth Oxfeldt

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Introduction
Part I. Romantic journeys to the Orient: Discovering his inner Turk: Hans Christian Andersen's commodification of the exotic; the hyphenated woman: Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann's juggling categories of gender, nation, and ethnicity; the ironic traveler: danger and identity in Knut Hamsun's Oriental travelogues
Part II. Modern primitive travel: savage science: Johannes V. Jensen in the Malay jungle; humor, gender, and nationality: Isak Dinesen's encounter with Africa; the traveler and the tourist: Axel Jensen's desperate frolic in the Sahara
Part III. Late and postmodern travel: From the personal to the universal-and back: Carsten Jensen around the world; futile journeys: parody, postmodernism, and postnationalism in Erlend Loe's traveling.

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Journeys from Scandinavia : travelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840-2000 by Elisabeth Oxfeldt. ISBN 9780816656356. Published by University of Minnesota Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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