Mapping the Traveling Body
New Perspectives on Travel Writing
Will be published approx. on 12. January 2027
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-1-80136-069-2 (ISBN)
Description
This volume aims to explore the role of the (lived) body and embodiment in travel writing. As a first step in systematizing the topic, four thematic sections - "Mobility", "Encounters", "Incorporation", and "Vulnerability" - feature chapters on travelogues from the early modern period to the present day.
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Persons
Nicole Maruo-Schröder is Professor of Cultural Studies with a focus on American literature and culture at the University of Koblenz. She is co-founder of the university's research unit "Traveling Bodies: Body - Travel - Literature".
Uta Schaffers is Professor of German Literature and Didactics at the University of Koblenz. She is co-founder of the university's research unit "Traveling Bodies: Body - Travel - Literature".