Interpersonal Encounters in Contemporary Travel Writing

Catharine Mee

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A critical study on the theme of interpersonal encounter in late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century French and Italian travel writing.

This critical study examines the theme of interpersonal encounter in a range of late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century travel writing written in French and Italian. Structured typologically, each chapter focuses on a typical activity that brings traveller-protagonists into contact with other people. Drawing on literary critical studies of travel writing, sociological and anthropological approaches to tourism, as well as research in French and Italian area studies, ‘Interpersonal Encounters in Contemporary Travel Writing’ locates the concept of encounter within the context of modern tourism.

Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. ENCOUNTERING, TRAVELLING, WRITING: 1.1 Encounter; 1.2 Travel Writing and Tourism; 1.3 Voyage/Viaggio; 1.4 Chapters; 2. STRATEGY, AUTHENTICITY, ETHICS: 2.1 Strategy; 2.2 Authenticity; 2.3 Ethics; 3. GUIDING: 3.1 Authenticity and Mediation; 3.2 Translation and Voice; 4. HOSTING: 4.1 Hospitality and Authenticity; 4.2 Freedom; 4.3 The Nature of Encounters; 5. STARING: 5.1 The Stare of the Travellee; 5.2 Photography and Encounter; 6. CHALLENGING: 6.1 Economic Power; 6.2 Justification: Rickshaw Riders; 6.3 Distancing: Prostitutes; 6.4 Dilemma: Beggars; 7. ACCOMPANYING: 7.1 Absent Friends; 7.2 Alter Ego or Mirror?; 7.3 Chance Companions; 8. CONCLUDING; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sujets

• Literary criticism
• Italian
• European
• French

Informations

• Publié par: Anthem Press
• Date de parution: 01 mars 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783080403
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Interpersonal Encounters in Contemporary Travel Writing

Anthem Studies in Travel

Anthem Studies in Travelpublishes new and pioneering work in the burgeoning field of travel studies. Titles in this series engage with questions of travel, travel writing, literature and history, and encompass some of the most exciting current scholarship in a variety of disciplines, with research representing a broad range of geographical zones and historical contexts. A key feature of books published in the series is their potential interest to a wide readership, as well as their originality and potential to break new ground in research.

Series Editor

Charles Forsdick – University of Liverpool, UK

Editorial Board

Mary B. Campbell – Brandeis University, USA Steve Clark – University of Tokyo, Japan Claire Lindsay – University College London, UK Loredana Polezzi – University of Warwick, UK Paul Smethurst – University of Hong Kong, China

Interpersonal Encounters in Contemporary Travel Writing

French and Italian Perspectives

Catharine Mee

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Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Mee, Catharine, 1978– author. Interpersonal Encounters in Contemporary Travel Writing : French and Italian Perspectives / Catharine Mee. pages cm. – (Anthem Studies in Travel) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 9781783080373 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Travel writing–France–History. 2. Travel writing–Italy–History. 3. Interpersonal relations in literature. I. Title. PQ307.T73M44 2–14 840.9’32–dc23 2013048650

ISBN13: 978 1 78308 037 3 (Hbk) ISBN10: 1 78308 037 X (Hbk)

Cover image: Ella Maillart montrant le livre d’Owen LattimoreThe Desert Road to Turkestan, Province de Ts’ingHai, Chine, 1935 © Musée de l’Elysée, Fonds Ella Maillart

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Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations

C

O

N

TEN

1. Encountering, Travelling, Writing  Encounter  Travel Writing and Tourism  Voyage/Viaggio  Chapters

2. Strategy, Authenticity, Ethics  Strategy  Authenticity  Ethics

3. Guiding  Authenticity and Mediation Guides and guidebooks The gatekeeper An authentic encounter  Translation and Voice The invisible translator Representation strategies Authorship and readership

4. Hosting  Hospitality and Authenticity Invitation versus reservation Back to the bubble  Freedom Hospitality as control The world is my playground

TS

vii ix

1 1 6 10 12

17 18 21 26

33 34 34 38 43 47 47 50 53

59 60 60 62 65 65 68

vi

INTERPERSONAL ENCOUNTERS

nters

The Nature of Encou Reciprocity Time and friendships

5. Staring  The Stare of the Travellee The gaze, the stare and the travel encounter The travellee as starer The traveller as staree  Photography and Encounter Tourists and cameras Photography as intrusion Photography as interaction

6. Challenging  Economic Power  Justification: Rickshaw Riders  Distancing: Prostitutes  Dilemma: Beggars

7. Accompanying  Absent Friends ‘That most ambiguous of genreA question of  Alter Ego or Mirror?  Chance Companions

8. Concluding

Notes Bibliography Index

personal pronouns’

73 73 77

83 84 84 86 91 94 94 96 99

107 109 112 115 119

127 129 129 133 136 141

147

151 173 185

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The research for this study has been generously funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and The Queen’s College, Oxford. Lincoln College, Oxford has also provided several travel bursaries and book grants. I am particularly indebted to Professor Charles Forsdick, whose advice and support have been instrumental in the development and publication of this study. I am also especially grateful to my two PhD supervisors, Dr Toby Garfitt and Professor Martin McLaughlin, who oversaw the initial stages of this research project as my PhD thesis and provided invaluable feedback and encouragement. I would like to thank the five anonymous reviewers, whose comments and suggestions have been extremely helpful in revising the manuscript. I would also like to thank Professor Guido Bonsaver, Professor Michael Sheringham, Dr Giuseppe Stellardi and Dr Wes Williams for their comments on earlier versions of parts of the study. I am very grateful to Dr Loredana Polezzi for her advice and I would also like to mention Dr Ed Welch, Dr Clare Harris and Professor Lino Pertile for help on specific points. Earlier versions of some sections have been presented at a number of conferences: ‘Literature Travels’ at the University of Wolverhampton in September 2005, the Society for French Studies conferences at the Universities of Leeds and Liverpool in 2005 and 2008, and the ‘Borders and Crossings VI’ conference at the University of Palermo in September 2006. I am grateful to the organizers of those conferences for the opportunity to present my work and to the audiences for their feedback. I have carried out research in a number of libraries in Oxford, principally the Bodleian and the Taylor Institution, as well as the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze and the Widener Library in Harvard, and I am grateful to the staff of those institutions for their assistance. Finally I owe a huge debt of gratitude to family and friends for supporting me throughout, and especially to my parents, to whom I dedicate this book, and my husband for their love, advice and patience.

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations are applied to primary texts when more than one text by the same author is used. All other primary texts are identified by the author’s name only.

Afrozapping

Asie

Birra

Buonanotte

Carnets

Chambres

Chronique

Colline

Couleur Croisades

Festin

Indovino

Ramazzotti, Sergio,Afrozapping: Breve guida all’Africa per uomini bianchi(Milan: Feltrinelli, 2006). Guillebaud, JeanClaude,Un voyage vers l’Asie(Paris: Seuil, 1979), reprinted inLa traversée du monde, presented by Jean Lacouture (Paris: Arléa, 1998), 95–208. Ramazzotti, Sergio,La birra di Shaoshan: Viaggio nel paese natale di Mao(Milan: Feltrinelli, 2002). Terzani, Tiziano,Buonanotte, Signor Lenin (Milan: Longanesi, 1992; repr. Milan: TEA, 2004). Ollivier, Bernard,Carnets d’une longue marche: Nouveau voyage d’Istanbul à Xi’an(Paris: Phébus, 2005). Bernheim, NicoleLise,Chambres d’ailleursArléa, 1986; (Paris: repr. Payot et Rivages, 1999). Bouvier, Nicolas,Chronique japonaise(Paris: Payot, 1989) reprinted inŒuvres(Paris: Gallimard, 2004), 495–669. Guillebaud, JeanClaude,La colline des anges: Retour au Vietnam (Paris: Seuil, 1993), reprinted inLa traversée du monde, presented by Jean Lacouture (Paris: Arléa, 1998), 419–516. Bernheim, NicoleLise,Couleur cannelle(Paris: Arléa, 2002). Guillebaud, JeanClaude,Sur la route des croisades (Paris: Arléa, 1993), reprinted inLa traversée du monde, presented by Jean Lacouture (Paris: Arléa, 1998), 517–652. Weber, Olivier,Le grand festin de l’Orient(Paris: Robert Laffont, 2004). Terzani, Tiziano,Un indovino mi disse(Milan: Longanesi, 1995; repr. Milan: TEA, 2004).

x

Journal

Marche I

Marche II

Marche III

Oriente Poisson

Porte

Radici

Routes

Russies

Saisons

Uomini

Usage

Vado

INTERPERSONAL ENCOUNTERS

Bouvier, Nicolas,Journal d’Aran et d’autres lieux (Paris: Payot, 1990), reprinted inŒuvres(Paris: Gallimard, 2004), 945–1037. Ollivier, Bernard,Longue marche: À pied de la Méditerranée jusqu’en Chine par la Route de la Soie: I. Traverser l’AnatoliePhébus, (Paris: 2000). Ollivier, Bernard,Longue marche: À pied de la Méditerranée jusqu’en Chine par la Route de la Soie: II. Vers SamarcandePhébus, (Paris: 2001). Ollivier, Bernard,Longue marche: À pied de la Méditerranée jusqu’en Chine par la Route de la Soie: III. Le vent des steppes(Paris: Phébus, 2003). Rumiz, Paolo,È Oriente(Milan: Feltrinelli, 2003; repr. 2005). Bouvier, Nicolas,Le poissonscorpionBertil Galland, (Vevey: 1981), reprinted inŒuvres(Paris: Gallimard, 2004), 721–811. Guillebaud, JeanClaude,La porte des larmes: Retour vers l’Abyssinie (Paris: Seuil, 1996), reprinted inLa traversée du monde, presented by Jean Lacouture (Paris: Arléa, 1998), 653–763. Aime, Marco,Le radici nella sabbia: Viaggio in Mali e Burkina Faso (Turin: EDT, 1999). Bouvier, Nicolas,Routes et déroutes: Entretiens avec Irène Lichtenstein Fall (Geneva: Éditions Métropolis, 1992), reprinted inŒuvres (Paris: Gallimard, 2004), 1249–1388. Weber, Olivier,Voyage au pays de toutes les Russies (Paris: Quai Voltaire, 1992; repr. Payot et Rivages, 2003). Bernheim, NicoleLise,Saisons japonaises(Paris: Payot et Rivages, 1999; repr. 2002). Rumiz, Paolo, and Francesco Altan,Tre uomini in bicicletta(Milan: Feltrinelli, 2002; repr. 2004). Bouvier, Nicolas,L’usage du monde (Geneva: Droz, 1963), reprinted inŒuvres(Paris: Gallimard, 2004), 59–388. Ramazzotti, Sergio,Vado verso il capo: 13.000 km attraverso l’Africa (Milan: Feltrinelli, 1996; repr. 2002).