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SUMMARY:Academic Seminar
DESCRIPTION:<b>Carolyn Eastman</b>, Associate Professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University and
AAS-NEH Long-term Fellow
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<i>Looking, Loving, and Losing: Sex and Gender on the Move in 18th-Century Travelogues</i></p><p>
18th-century travel writers did not always adhere to strictly "objective" modes of description in their books. Interspersed throughout both published narratives and lay individuals' travel diaries or letters are accounts that indicate how often fantasies of romance or sex were associated with the act of traveling. My talk analyzes the infectiousness of published travelogues, some of which included quite operatic tales of love, sex, and loss, and considers how these may have inspired ordinary men and women on much less exotic voyages to scrutinize their fellow travelers or the people they encountered for promises of romance, or the dark side of love.


<p>\n\nContact: Paul Erickson : (508) 471-2158  : perickson@mwa.org  [EK-AAS]
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LOCATION:Pavilion Room, Peter Green House, Brown University
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