
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.
Recommended Citation
Fleck, Andrew. “Here, There, and In between: Representing Difference in the ‘Travels’ of Sir John Mandeville.” Studies in Philology, vol. 97, no. 4, 2000, pp. 379–400. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4174679
Publication Title
Studies in Philology
Comments
Studies in Philology © 2000 University of North Carolina Press