Homeless Blogs as Travelogues. Travel as a Struggle for Recognition and Emplacement

Homeless Blogs as Travelogues. Travel as a Struggle for Recognition and Emplacement

Applying Clifford’s broad concept of travel, I discuss American homeless blogs as autobiographical travel writing serving the struggle for recognition of the street people. The analysed travelogues are hitchhiker Ruth Rader’s Ruthie in the Sky blog and self-made woman Brianna Karp’s Girl’s Guide to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Halina Gąsiorowska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca 2017-07-01
Series:Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory
Subjects:
homeless blog
autobiographical travelogue
struggle for recognition
emplacement tramp
self-made (wo)man
Online Access:http://www.metacriticjournal.com/article/64/homeless-blogs-as-travelogues-travel-as-a-struggle-for-recognition-and-emplacement

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