parla delle origini concetto di tranculturation in ambito etnografico e ne descrive il possibile impiego nell'analisi culturale.

Review: Imperial Eyes: Studies in Travel Writing and Transculturation

Awesome book. I learned so much more than I can say from it. I constantly reference/think about this book in daily life and school. Great commentary on how the world is based on a fairly "western ... Read full review

Review: Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturation

Clear, precise, and helpful academic study of travel writing. Fascinating reading of Linnaeus's classification system in relation to the production of European knowledge about other cultures, peoples, systems, etc. Read full review

Review: Imperial Eyes: Studies in Travel Writing and Transculturation

Imperial Eyes is to be considered as an analysis of the personality of real Europeans, it takes on consideration a concept that most people must wonder, How every beautiful thing is related and ... Read full review

Review: Imperial Eyes: Studies in Travel Writing and Transculturation

Given the number of references I've seen to this book, I thought it would be a fount of quotes for my research on the discourse of tourism. Alas, it was not. Read full review

Review: Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturation

Not particularly impressed by this book. At all. I had hoped for something a little general about travel writing and transculturation, but I found this to be very specialized and centered on Africa and South America, completely ignoring Asia. So no, not impressed. Read full review

Review: Imperial Eyes: Studies in Travel Writing and Transculturation

This is a classic work of travel theory, very much worth a look. Read in conjunction with Steven Clark's Travel Writing and Empire. Read full review

Review: Imperial Eyes: Studies in Travel Writing and Transculturation

Pratt takes as her topic the interesting question of how Europeans talked to themselves in the realm of popular culture about the imperial enterprises they undertook in late 18th and the 19th ... Read full review

Review: Imperial Eyes: Studies in Travel Writing and Transculturation

Pratt examines the intersections between travel writing and empire. She examines how the ideals of natural history both developed with the expansion of empire and then contributed to a travel writing ... Read full review

Review: Imperial Eyes: Studies in Travel Writing and Transculturation

Great read and study of travel literature written by Europeans on their "adventures" in Africa and the Americas. I personally enjoyed the chapters on the reinvention of America. Read full review