The Travelling Story of Pettersson in the Pacific

The focus of this chapter is the world-making capacity of travel writing. The example and analysis highlight the significant roles that media and narratives have in processes of world-making. The chapter uses one particular story as an illustrative example of the suggestion that stories travel and t...

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Published inWorld Literatures p. 261
Main Author Nyqvist, Anette
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published 2018
SeriesStockholm English studies
Subjects
Oceania
role of media
Social Anthropology
socialantropologi
travel writing
world-making
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Summary:The focus of this chapter is the world-making capacity of travel writing. The example and analysis highlight the significant roles that media and narratives have in processes of world-making. The chapter uses one particular story as an illustrative example of the suggestion that stories travel and that such travelling stories play significant roles in processes of world-making.
ISBN:9789176350799
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9176350797
9789176350768
DOI:10.16993/bat.v