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1 online resource (xiv, 287 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-265) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Maps of Difference -- "Beyond the bounds of civilised humanity" Anna Jameson's Ethnographic Project -- "Where the women didn't do what they were told" Mina Hubbard's Mapping of Physical Space -- "I was against it" Margaret Laurence and British Imperialism in Somalia -- Conclusion: Mapping "Firsts." |
| Summary |
"In her study of women's travel writing in Canda, Wendy Roy questions the notion of travel narratives as uncomplicated, objective accounts. She examines the accounts of Anna Jameson in Upper Canada (1838), Mina Benson Hubbard in Labrador (1908), and Margaret Laurence in Somalia (1963). Given their disparate geographical and historical contexts, Jameson, Hubbard, and Laurence drew very different maps of the political, cultural, and physical features of the areas they visited and of their own social and cultural positions. Maps of Difference reveals, however, that all three woman shared an anti-racist philosophy and an acute awareness of women's position in their own societies and in the societies to which they travelled."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860. Winter studies and summer rambles in Canada.
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Hubbard, Mina. Woman's way through unknown Labrador.
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Laurence, Margaret. Prophet's camel bell.
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Jameson, Anna, Mrs, 1794-1860. |
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Hubbard, Mina. |
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Laurence, Margaret. |
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Jameson, Anna Brownell, 1794-1860. |
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Hubbard, Mina, 1870-1956. |
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Laurence, Margaret, 1926-1987. |
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Jameson, Anna. |
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Jameson, Anna Brownell, 1794-1860. Winter studies and Summer rambles in Canada. |
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Hubbard, Mina, 1870-1956. Woman's way through unknown Labrador. |
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Laurence, Margaret, 1926-1987. Prophet's camel bell. |
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Jameson, Anna. Winter studies and summer rambles in Canada. |
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Laurence, Margaret. Prophet's camel bell. |
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Hubbard, Mina. A woman's way through unknown Labrador. |
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Women travelers -- Canada.
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Women travelers. |
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Canada. |
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Travelers' writings, Canadian -- History and criticism.
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Travelers' writings, Canadian. |
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Women and literature -- Canada.
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Women and literature. |
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Travelers' writings, Canadian (English) -- History and criticism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Roy, Wendy, 1957- Maps of difference. Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2005 0773528660 (DLC) 2007275123 (OCoLC)57165943 |
| ISBN |
9780773572676 (electronic book) |
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0773572678 (electronic book) |
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0773528660 |
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9780773528666 |
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