Travel, Humanitarianism, and Becoming American in Africa

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-349-29091-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 223 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 349 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mathers, K.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Moving Fieldwork: Travelling 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

Über Autor(innen)

KATHRYN MATHERS is a visiting scholar in the Department of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University, USA. Her published work examines reality television, adventure travel, and the tensions between tourism, development, and migration in South Africa.