TY - BOOK AU - Fowler,Corinne TI - Chasing tales: travel writing, journalism and the history of British ideas about Afghanistan T2 - Studia imagologica SN - 9781435612594 AV - PR1309.T73 C43 2007eb U1 - 820.9/355 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Amsterdam, New York, NY PB - Rodopi KW - Travelers' writings, English KW - Afghanistan KW - History and criticism KW - Ethnology KW - Écrits de voyageurs anglais KW - Afghānistān KW - Histoire et critique KW - Ethnologie KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - European KW - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Literature KW - Reiseliteratur KW - gnd KW - Presse KW - Literatur KW - In literature KW - Englisch KW - swd KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chasing Tales: Travel Writing, Journalism and the History of British Ideas about Afghanistan; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Part One Hanging old stories on the necks of new characters: the legacy of nineteenth-century Afghan-British encounters; Part Two Where ethnographers fear to tread: the counter influence of classical ethnography on travel writing and journalism about Afghanistan; Part Three Retailing insight: reporting Operation Enduring Freedom; Conclusion De-mining the terrain of Afghan-British encounter; Endnotes; Appendix One N2 - Chasing Tales is the first exclusive study of journalism, travel writing and the history of British ideas about Afghanistan. It offers a timely investigation of the notional Afghanistan(s) that have prevailed in the popular British imagination. Casting its net deep into the nineteenth century, the study investigates the country's mythologisation by scrutinising travel narratives, literary fiction and British news media coverage of the recent conflict in Afghanistan. This highly topical book explores the legacy of nineteenth-century paranoias and prejudices to contemporary travellers and journa UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=211895 ER -