03653nam 2200709Ia 450 991046025160332120200520144314.00-8166-7346-2(CKB)2670000000069689(EBL)635548(OCoLC)698117358(SSID)ssj0000470650(PQKBManifestationID)11973324(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000470650(PQKBWorkID)10413470(PQKB)11699053(MiAaPQ)EBC635548(MdBmJHUP)muse29780(Au-PeEL)EBL635548(CaPaEBR)ebr10440599(CaONFJC)MIL525859(EXLCZ)99267000000006968920100427d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrJourneys from Scandinavia[electronic resource] travelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840-2000 /Elisabeth OxfeldtMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc2010XXVII, 301 sillDescription based upon print version of record.0-8166-5635-5 0-8166-5634-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Part I. Romantic journeys to the Orient: Discovering his inner Turk: Hans Christian Andersen's commodification of the exotic; the hyphenated woman: Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann's juggling categories of gender, nation, and ethnicity; the ironic traveler: danger and identity in Knut Hamsun's Oriental travelogues -- Part II. Modern primitive travel: savage science: Johannes V. Jensen in the Malay jungle; humor, gender, and nationality: Isak Dinesen's encounter with Africa; the traveler and the tourist: Axel Jensen's desperate frolic in the Sahara -- Part III. Late and postmodern travel: From the personal to the universal-and back: Carsten Jensen around the world; futile journeys: parody, postmodernism, and postnationalism in Erlend Loe's traveling.For all of the scholarship done on postcolonial literatures, little has been applied to Scandinavian writing. Yet, beginning with the onset of tourism beyond Scandinavia in the 1840's, a compelling body of prose works documents Scandinavian attitudes toward foreign countries and further shows how these Scandinavian travelers sought to portray themselves to uncharted cultures.Focusing on Danish and Norwegian travelogues, Elisabeth Oxfeldt traces the evolution of Scandinavian travel writing over two centuries using pivotal texts from each era, including works by Hans Christian Andersen, Knut Hamsun, and Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen)Exoticism in literatureOther (Philosophy) in literaturePostcolonialism in literatureTravel in literatureTravelers in literatureTravelers' writings, ScandinavianHistory and criticismAfricaIn literatureAsiaIn literatureSouth AmericaIn literatureElectronic books.Exoticism in literature.Other (Philosophy) in literature.Postcolonialism in literature.Travel in literature.Travelers in literature.Travelers' writings, ScandinavianHistory and criticism.839.509Oxfeldt Elisabeth931344MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460251603321Journeys from Scandinavia2095107UNINA