Artikel
Contemporary travel narratives and old style politics : American women reporting after the Gulf War
Verfasst von:
Amy, Lori E.
in:
Women's studies international forum
New York [u.a.]:
1999
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525 - 541 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Amy, Lori E. |
| In: | Women's studies international forum |
| Jahr: | 1999 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Sine the 1991 Persian Gulf War, there has been a proliferation of texts claiming to "unveil", get behind, and expose the hidden world of Islamic women. this renewed popular appeal of travel writing co-exists with American military actions in the Middle East and points to a troubling relationship between narratives steretypically representing Muslim women and American foreign policy. Inheriting 19th-century travel writing's language of the civilizing mission, contemporary travel narratives represent Muslim women as in need of the West's governmental, military, and economic interventions. Like 19th-century narratives legitimating solonial rule, contemporary travel narratives enact a violence of penetration, a violence of representation, and a violence of cultural imposition | |
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