A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Introduction: travel writing and the travellee
Authors: Tarkka, Laura; Martin, Alison E.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication year: 2024
Journal: Studies in Travel Writing
Journal name in source: Studies in Travel Writing
ISSN: 1364-5145
eISSN: 1755-7550
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13645145.2024.2375607
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1080/13645145.2024.2375607
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/457699711
Abstract
First coined by Mary Louise Pratt in 1992, the concept of the “travellee” has received a growing amount of interest in research on travel writing. Exploring the methodological possibilities opened up by the perspective of the travellee, the six articles in this special issue aim both to sharpen the edges of this concept and to test it as a key which may open doors into new disciplinary directions, including geography, political history, anthropology, and translation studies. As the contributions confirm, the encounter between self and other which defines travel writing is certainly a more multifaceted phenomenon than simply an instance where a travelling self acknowledges the presence of “locals”. Indeed, attention to the agency and multiple roles of travellees helps to elucidate not only the cultural significance of travel writing but also its temporal dimension.
First coined by Mary Louise Pratt in 1992, the concept of the “travellee” has received a growing amount of interest in research on travel writing. Exploring the methodological possibilities opened up by the perspective of the travellee, the six articles in this special issue aim both to sharpen the edges of this concept and to test it as a key which may open doors into new disciplinary directions, including geography, political history, anthropology, and translation studies. As the contributions confirm, the encounter between self and other which defines travel writing is certainly a more multifaceted phenomenon than simply an instance where a travelling self acknowledges the presence of “locals”. Indeed, attention to the agency and multiple roles of travellees helps to elucidate not only the cultural significance of travel writing but also its temporal dimension.
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