Literatures and Cultural Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2000

Abstract

"Travels" by Sir John Mandeville established a typology for succeeding European representations of non-European peoples, in which non-Europeans were described as proto-Christians. Mandeville's hegemonic impulse prepared the way for the imperial appropriation of cultures and peoples.

Comments

Studies in Philology © 2000 University of North Carolina Press

Publication Title

Studies in Philology

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