Maps of difference : Canada, women, and travel / Wendy Roy.
Maps of difference : Canada, women, and travel / Wendy Roy.
By
:
Roy, Wendy
Publication Date
:
2005
Publication Information
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Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press,
Physical Description
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287 p. : ill.
Subject Term
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Women travelers -- Canada.
Women and literature -- Canada.
Travelers' writings, Canadian (English) -- History and criticism.
Contents
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Winter studies and summer rambles in Canada / Woman's way through unknown Labador / Prophet's camel bell
Summary
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Roy considers the connections Jameson makes between feminism and anti-racism in Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada (1838), Hubbard's insights in A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador (1908) into her relationship with First Nations men who had both more and less power than she, and Laurence's awareness of colonial and patriarchical oppression in her African memoir The Prophet's Camel Bell (1963). Roy also examines archival and First Nations accounts of these women's travels, and the sketches, photos, and maps that accompany their writing, to examine contradictions in and question the implied objectivity of travel narratives. She concludes by looking at the myth of getting there first and the ways in which new technologies of representation, including cameras, allow travellers and writers to claim new travel firsts.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780773528666
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