Detours: Travel and the Ethics of Research in the Global South

Book Overview

Touring. Seeing. Knowing. Travel often evokes strong reactions and engagements. But what of the ethics and politics of this experience? Through critical, personal reflections, the essays in Detours grapple with the legacies of cultural imperialism that shape travel, research, and writing.

Influenced by the works of anthropologists Ruth Behar and Renato Rosaldo, the scholars and journalists in this volume consider how first encounters--those...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816539987
• ISBN13: 9780816539987
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"