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245 10 a| Chasing Talesh| [electronic resource]:b| Travel Writing, Journalism and the History of British Ideas about Afghanistan;

260 a| Kenilworth : b| Rodopi;

300 a| 296 p.b| illc| 09.000 x 06.000 in.;

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520 8 a| Annotationb| 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 journalists and seeks to explain why Afghans continue to be depicted as medieval, murderous, warlike and unruly. Its title, Chasing Tales, conveys the circulation, and indeed the circularity, of ideas commonly found in British travel writing and journalism. The `tales¿ component stresses the pivotal role played by fictionalised sources, especially the writing of Rudyard Kipling, in perpetuating traumatic nineteenth-century memories of Afghan-British encounter. The subject matter is compelling and its foci of interest profoundly relevant both to current political debates and to scholarly enquiry about the ethics of travel.;

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650 4 a| Foreign News;

650 4 a| Afghanistanx| Foreign Relations;

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Chasing Tales Travel Writing, Journalism and the History of British Ideas about Afghanistan

Author/creator	Fowler, Corinne Author
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Kenilworth : Rodopi
Description	296 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Travelers' Writings--History and Criticism. Foreign News Afghanistan--Foreign Relations. Mass Media--Great Britain.

Summary	Annotation 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 journalists and seeks to explain why Afghans continue to be depicted as medieval, murderous, warlike and unruly. Its title, Chasing Tales, conveys the circulation, and indeed the circularity, of ideas commonly found in British travel writing and journalism. The `tales¿ component stresses the pivotal role played by fictionalised sources, especially the writing of Rudyard Kipling, in perpetuating traumatic nineteenth-century memories of Afghan-British encounter. The subject matter is compelling and its foci of interest profoundly relevant both to current political debates and to scholarly enquiry about the ethics of travel.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
ISBN	9789042022621
ISBN	9042022620 (Perfect) Active Record
Standard identifier#	9789042022621
Stock number	00097999

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