Paralyses Literature, Travel, and Ethnography in French Modernity |
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| Author:
| Culbert, John |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-2991-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $93.50 |
Book Description:
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Argues that the key texts of modernity and postmodernity may be approached through figures and narratives of paralysis: motion is no more defining of modern travel than fixations, resistance, and impasse; concepts and figures of travel, he posits, must be rethought in this more static light.
Argues that the key texts of modernity and postmodernity may be approached through figures and narratives of paralysis: motion is no more defining of modern travel than fixations, resistance, and impasse; concepts and figures of travel, he posits, must be rethought in this more static light.