Chasing tales : travel writing, journalism and the history of British ideas about Afghanistan /
Chasing Tales is the first exclusive study of journalism, travel writing and the history of British ideas about Afghanistan. It offers a timely investigation of the notional Afghanistan(s) that have prevailed in the popular British imagination. Casting its net deep into the nineteenth century, the s...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
2007
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| Series: | Studia imagologica ;
12. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Chasing Tales is the first exclusive study of journalism, travel writing and the history of British ideas about Afghanistan. It offers a timely investigation of the notional Afghanistan(s) that have prevailed in the popular British imagination. Casting its net deep into the nineteenth century, the study investigates the country's mythologisation by scrutinising travel narratives, literary fiction and British news media coverage of the recent conflict in Afghanistan. This highly topical book explores the legacy of nineteenth-century paranoias and prejudices to contemporary travellers and journa. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435612594 1435612590 9789401204873 940120487X 9042022620 9789042022621 1282265571 9781282265578 9786612265570 6612265574 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
