Mobility and Masks Cultural Identity in Travel Literature |
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| Editor:
| Goldsmith, Elizabeth C. |
| Series title: | Ilex Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-29580-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2024 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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Travelers have always experimented with disguise while observing the disguises of others. Each of the chapters in Mobility and Masks illustrates strategies of concealment in travel, from Jesuits in Asia to women traveling incognito to a Chinese opera star in Russia to the racial implications of masking in the West Indies.
Travelers have always experimented with disguise while observing the disguises of others. Each of the chapters in Mobility and Masks illustrates strategies of concealment in travel, from Jesuits in Asia to women traveling incognito to a Chinese opera star in Russia to the racial implications of masking in the West Indies.