Journeys from Scandinavia: Travelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840—2000

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JOURNEYS from SCANDINAVIA This page intentionally left blank JOURNEYS from SCANDINAVIA Travelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840–2000 ELISABETH OXFELDT University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London The University of Minnesota Press gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance provided for the publication of this book from the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies at Oslo University. Chapter 2 was previously published in Danish as “Mellem orientalisme og feminisme: Bindestregskvinden Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumanns konstruktioner af nationaltyper i Brogede Reisebilleder,” Spring 22 (2004): 196–224. Chapter 3 was previously published in Danish as “Ingen-steder i Hamsuns orientalske rejseskildringer,” in Even Arntzen and Henning H. Wærp, eds., Hamsun i Tromsø III. Rapport fra den 3. Internasjonale Hamsun-konferanse, 2003 (Hamarøy: Hamsun-Selskapet, 2004), 129–48, and as “Orientalske rejseskildringer,” in Ståle Dingstad, ed., Den litterære Hamsun (Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, 2005), 105–23. Copyright 2010 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise , without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Oxfeldt, Elisabeth. Journeys from Scandinavia : travelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840–2000 / Elisabeth Oxfeldt. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8166-5634-9 (hc : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8166-5635-6 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Travelers’ writings, Scandinavian—History and criticism. 2. Travel in literature. 3. Travelers in literature. 4. Postcolonialism in literature. 5. Other (Philosophy) in literature. 6. Exoticism in literature. 7. Africa—In literature. 8. Asia—In literature. 9. South America—In literature. I. Title. PT7073.T73O94 2010 839.7'355—dc22 2010017035 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Sara Elise This page intentionally left blank ...