| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
The Dutch East Indies in the eyes of a Pole -- Czech army doctor in Sumatra -- The first impressions of Singapore in the Serbian literature -- Julian Fałat in Southeast Asia -- Colonialism, freedom fighters and Polish ambiguity -- The fate of the birds of paradise -- Ethnic comparisons in travelogues about Southeast Asia by Poles and Serbs of Austro-Hungarian background, 1869-1914 -- The Polish botanist Marian Raciborski and his 1901 Wayang Kulit performance -- The identity of the strange -- Islands of paradise? Java and Bali through Awoman's eyes -- Indochina's deadly sun -- Czechoslovaks in Singapore and Malaya before and during World War II -- Colonialism meets empathy and insightfulness -- Double vision |
| Summary |
"Escaping Kakania is about fascinating characters-soldiers, doctors, scientists, writers, painters-who traveled from their eastern European homelands to colonial Southeast Asia. Their stories are told by experts on different countries in the two regions, who bring diverse approaches into a conversation that crosses disciplinary and national borders. The 14 chapters deal with the diverse encounters of eastern Europeans with the many faces of colonial southeast Asia. Some essays directly engage with post-colonial studies, contributing to an ongoing critical re-evaluation of eastern European "semi-peripheral" (non-)involvement in colonialism. Other chapters disclose a range of perspectives and narratives that illuminate the plurality of the travelers' positions while reflecting on the specificity of the eastern European experience"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Travelers' writings, East European -- History and criticism
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East Europeans -- Southeast Asia
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HISTORY / Europe / Eastern.
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TRAVEL / Europe / Eastern.
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| SUBJECT |
Southeast Asia -- Description and travel
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mrázek, Jan, editor
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| LC no. |
2023058661 |
| ISBN |
9789633866665 |
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9633866669 |
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