The collection in use
“Imperial eyes: travel writing and transculturation” by Mary Louise Pratt
“This second edition of a highly acclaimed and interdisciplinary book which quickly established itself as a seminal text in its field investigates the way in which travel writing has constructed an image of the world beyond Europe for European readers. Focus on writing about South America and Africa in relation to the political and economic expansion of Europe.”
Taken from Google Books.
See also:
http://theoreticalmusings.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/mary-louise-pratts-imperial-eyes/
http://www.liv.ac.uk/rilas/events/abstracts0910/Claire%20Lindsay.pdf
http://as.nyu.edu/object/marypratt.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Louise_Pratt
The selected titles are a sample of the recently loaned International Institute Library materials.
If you are interested in seeing or reading this recommendation, you can check its availability in the IIE library catalog.
Imperial eyes: travel writing and transculturation / Mary Louise Pratt. — 1st ed. — London [etc.]: Routledge, 1992. — 257 p. : ill. ; 24cm
ISBN-0 415 06095-X-
R. 72112
