Gender, companionship, and travel: discourses in pre-modern and modern travel literature
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367583088
Date de publication :
30 juin 2020
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
530 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book explores companionship in travel writing in pre-modern and modern times. It features women as travellers from all parts of the world, with varied travel patterns and behaviours. It documents their stories against the backdrop of companionship, or the absence of it. The book reveals that from antiquity onwards traveling together has alw