Catharine Mee Livres

Focusing on the theme of interpersonal encounters, this critical study delves into travel writing from late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century France and Italy. It explores how these narratives reflect cultural exchanges and personal interactions, providing insights into the complexities of identity and experience in a globalized world. The analysis highlights the significance of these encounters in shaping both the writers' perspectives and the readers' understanding of diverse cultures.

This critical study examines the theme of interpersonal encounter in a range of late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century travel writing written in French and Italian. Structured typologically, each chapter focuses on a typical activity that brings traveller-protagonists into contact with other people. Drawing on literary critical studies of travel writing, sociological and anthropological approaches to tourism, as well as research in French and Italian area studies, ‘Interpersonal Encounters in Contemporary Travel Writing’ locates the concept of encounter within the context of modern tourism.