Research Catalog

Title

Greek dystopia in British women travellers' discourse / by Dimitrios Kassis.

Author

Kassis, Dimitrios

Publication

• Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Description

[vii-ix], 112 pages; 22 cm

Summary

The focal point of this book is British women travellers' perceptions of Greece and the Orient from the late-eighteenth century until the late Victorian era. The construction of a Greek dystopia will be explored in relation to the historical background that fuelled the negative conceptualisation of the Greek nation as mongrel, unruly, indolent and perilous to the British imperialist agenda. This book, therefore, sheds light on British women travellers' efforts to subvert patriarchal authority and engage in predominantly male activities, during which they are purposefully or unconsciously led to several misconceptions regarding Greek cause.

Subject

• Women travelers > Great Britain > Biography
• Dystopias in literature
• British > History > Women > 19th century > Greece
• Women travelers > Asia > History > 19th century
• Crimean War, 1853-1856 > Women > History
• Women travelers > Great Britain > History > 19th century
• Philosophy, Ancient > Women > History. > Great Britain

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [107]-112).

Call Number

JFD 18-2133

ISBN

• 152750588X
• 9781527505889

OCLC

1016919328

Author

Kassis, Dimitrios, author.

Title

Greek dystopia in British women travellers' discourse / by Dimitrios Kassis.

Publisher

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [107]-112).

Research Call Number

JFD 18-2133