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Travel, humanitarianism, and becoming American in Africa

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : 單行本
作者:	MathersKathryn Frances.,
其他團體作者:	Palgrave Connect (Online service)
出版地:	New York
出版者:	Palgrave Macmillan;
出版年:	2010
版本:	1st ed.
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (xi, 223 p.)
標題:	Americans - Travel - Africa. -
標題:	Humanitarianism - Political aspects - United States. -
標題:	Group identity - United States. -
電子資源:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230115583An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
附註:	Description based on print version record.
摘要註:	Travel, Humanitarianism, and Becoming American in Africa uses observations of American travelers to southern Africa to ask: why is Africa so important to Americans? These travel stories show how encounters with Africans lead to a problematic desire to save Africa. Kathryn Mathers argues that this is then seen as a way to resolve the tensions between aspirations for a globally responsible America and the current reality of its geopolitical role. This book draws fascinating new conclusions about the connections and disconnections on which contemporary American identity is formed.
ISBN:	9780230115583electronic bk.
ISBN:	0230115586electronic bk.
內容註:	Introduction Moving Fieldwork: Traveling with Americans to and from Africa Vexed Ties: Africa in an out of America Back to Nature: American's Great African Adventure Through the Glass: Encountering the Unexpected in Africa Disrupting the Hyphen: Identity and Belonging in America "How do they know I am American?" Travel and the Discovery of Home Suffering Beauty: How to Save Africa without Changing It Conclusion: Saving Africa: Love in the Time of Oprah.

Travel, humanitarianism, and becoming American in Africa
Mathers, Kathryn Frances.

Travel, humanitarianism, and becoming American in Africa / Kathryn Mathers. - 1st ed.. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - 1 online resource (xi, 223 p.).
Introduction.
Description based on print version record..
Includes bibliographical references and index..
ISBN 9780230115583ISBN 0230115586
AmericansHumanitarianismGroup identity -- Travel -- Political aspects -- Africa. -- United States. -- United States.

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