Forsdick, Charles.

Travel in twentieth-century French and Francophone cultures : the persistence of diversity / Charles Forsdick. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xxiii, 255 p.

Reprint. Originally published: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Travelling concepts: postcolonial approaches to exoticism and diversity -- Le grand danger terrestre: early twentieth century exoticism and the decline of diversity -- Sa(l)vaging exoticism: new approaches to 1930's travel literature in french -- Around the world in a zCV: post-war french travel writing and the reordering of elsewhere -- Between unity and diversity rubbish, the mosaic, and the fragments of travel literature -- Journeying now: new directions in contemporary travel literature in french -- From the cultures of travel to traveling cultures.

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French prose literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Travelers' writings, French--History and criticism.

PQ629 / .F67 2009