The blind masseuse :: a traveler's memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia /
"Through personal journeys both interior and across the globe, Alden Jones investigates what motivates us to travel abroad in search of the unfamiliar. By way of explorations to Costa Rica, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba, Burma, Cambodia, Egypt, and around the world on a ship, Jones chronicles her ex...
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Madison, Wisconsin :
Terrace Books : The University of Wisconsin Press,
[2013]
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Zusammenfassung: | "Through personal journeys both interior and across the globe, Alden Jones investigates what motivates us to travel abroad in search of the unfamiliar. By way of explorations to Costa Rica, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba, Burma, Cambodia, Egypt, and around the world on a ship, Jones chronicles her experience as a young American traveler while pondering her role as an outsider in the cultures she temporarily inhabits. Her wanderlust fuels a strong, high-adventure story and, much in the vein of classic travel literature, Jones's picaresque tale of personal evolution informs her own transitions, rites of passage, and understandings of her place as a citizen of the world. With sharp insight and stylish prose, Jones asks: Is there a right or wrong way to travel? The Blind Masseuse concludes that there is, but that it's not always black and white"--Publisher's description. By way of explorations to Costa Rica, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba, Burma, Cambodia, Egypt, and around the world on a ship, the author chronicles her experience as a young American traveler while pondering her role as an outsider in the cultures she temporarily inhabits. |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (viii, 184 pages) |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9780299295738 0299295737 |
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contents | Introduction : The charm of the unfamiliar -- Lard is good for you (Costa Rica) -- A normal American life (New York) -- Coke is it (Bolivia) -- The blind masseur (Costa Rica) -- One side of the story (Nicaragua) -- The answer was no (Cuba) -- This is not a cruise (Around the world) -- How to be a tourist (Cambodia) -- The Burmese dreams series (Burma) -- I know what you did in Egypt : a letter to Gustave Flaubert (Egypt) -- Afterword. |
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spelling | Jones, Alden, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2013042400 The blind masseuse : a traveler's memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia / Alden Jones. Madison, Wisconsin : Terrace Books : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource (viii, 184 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Print version record. Introduction : The charm of the unfamiliar -- Lard is good for you (Costa Rica) -- A normal American life (New York) -- Coke is it (Bolivia) -- The blind masseur (Costa Rica) -- One side of the story (Nicaragua) -- The answer was no (Cuba) -- This is not a cruise (Around the world) -- How to be a tourist (Cambodia) -- The Burmese dreams series (Burma) -- I know what you did in Egypt : a letter to Gustave Flaubert (Egypt) -- Afterword. "Through personal journeys both interior and across the globe, Alden Jones investigates what motivates us to travel abroad in search of the unfamiliar. By way of explorations to Costa Rica, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba, Burma, Cambodia, Egypt, and around the world on a ship, Jones chronicles her experience as a young American traveler while pondering her role as an outsider in the cultures she temporarily inhabits. Her wanderlust fuels a strong, high-adventure story and, much in the vein of classic travel literature, Jones's picaresque tale of personal evolution informs her own transitions, rites of passage, and understandings of her place as a citizen of the world. With sharp insight and stylish prose, Jones asks: Is there a right or wrong way to travel? The Blind Masseuse concludes that there is, but that it's not always black and white"--Publisher's description. By way of explorations to Costa Rica, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba, Burma, Cambodia, Egypt, and around the world on a ship, the author chronicles her experience as a young American traveler while pondering her role as an outsider in the cultures she temporarily inhabits. English. Jones, Alden Travel. Women travelers Biography. Travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137149 Voyages and travels. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85144443 Voyage. Voyages. Voyageuses Biographies. travel. aat journeys. aat BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical. bisacsh SCIENCE Earth Sciences Geography. bisacsh TRAVEL Budget. bisacsh TRAVEL Hikes & Walks. bisacsh TRAVEL Museums, Tours, Points of Interest. bisacsh TRAVEL Parks & Campgrounds. bisacsh Travel fast Voyages and travels fast Travelers' writings, American. travelog (performed works genre) aat autobiographies (literary works) aat Travel writing. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026200 Autobiographies. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026047 Autobiographies. rvmgf Récits de voyages. rvmgf Print version: Jones, Alden. Blind masseuse 9780299295707 (DLC) 2013014543 (OCoLC)843025519 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=643348 Volltext |
spellingShingle | Jones, Alden The blind masseuse : a traveler's memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia / Introduction : The charm of the unfamiliar -- Lard is good for you (Costa Rica) -- A normal American life (New York) -- Coke is it (Bolivia) -- The blind masseur (Costa Rica) -- One side of the story (Nicaragua) -- The answer was no (Cuba) -- This is not a cruise (Around the world) -- How to be a tourist (Cambodia) -- The Burmese dreams series (Burma) -- I know what you did in Egypt : a letter to Gustave Flaubert (Egypt) -- Afterword. Jones, Alden Travel. Women travelers Biography. Travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137149 Voyages and travels. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85144443 Voyage. Voyages. Voyageuses Biographies. travel. aat journeys. aat BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical. bisacsh SCIENCE Earth Sciences Geography. bisacsh TRAVEL Budget. bisacsh TRAVEL Hikes & Walks. bisacsh TRAVEL Museums, Tours, Points of Interest. bisacsh TRAVEL Parks & Campgrounds. bisacsh Travel fast Voyages and travels fast |
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title | The blind masseuse : a traveler's memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia / |
title_auth | The blind masseuse : a traveler's memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia / |
title_exact_search | The blind masseuse : a traveler's memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia / |
title_full | The blind masseuse : a traveler's memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia / Alden Jones. |
title_fullStr | The blind masseuse : a traveler's memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia / Alden Jones. |
title_full_unstemmed | The blind masseuse : a traveler's memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia / Alden Jones. |
title_short | The blind masseuse : |
title_sort | blind masseuse a traveler s memoir from costa rica to cambodia |
title_sub | a traveler's memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia / |
topic | Jones, Alden Travel. Women travelers Biography. Travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137149 Voyages and travels. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85144443 Voyage. Voyages. Voyageuses Biographies. travel. aat journeys. aat BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical. bisacsh SCIENCE Earth Sciences Geography. bisacsh TRAVEL Budget. bisacsh TRAVEL Hikes & Walks. bisacsh TRAVEL Museums, Tours, Points of Interest. bisacsh TRAVEL Parks & Campgrounds. bisacsh Travel fast Voyages and travels fast |
topic_facet | Jones, Alden Travel. Women travelers Biography. Travel. Voyages and travels. Voyage. Voyages. Voyageuses Biographies. travel. journeys. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical. SCIENCE Earth Sciences Geography. TRAVEL Budget. TRAVEL Hikes & Walks. TRAVEL Museums, Tours, Points of Interest. TRAVEL Parks & Campgrounds. Travel Voyages and travels Travelers' writings, American. travelog (performed works genre) autobiographies (literary works) Travel writing. Autobiographies. Récits de voyages. |
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