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The blind masseuse : a trav...
"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
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monografia Rebiun39551790 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun39551790 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 131007s2013 wiu ob 000 0aeng d 2013014543 867741476 1397506502 1410151416 1444015361 1452604636 1465325633 1470900348 1496772121 9780299295738 electronic bk.) 0299295737 electronic bk.) 9780299295707 0299295702 9780299295745 0299295745 9780299295790 0299295796 10.3368/JXLS1306 doi NZ1 15317853 7AB63183-A7AF-4BED-9C6F-3B34F31955A6 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com N$T eng rda pn N$T YDXCP TEFOD NLGGC P@U E7B TEFOD OCLCQ AGLDB OCLCQ OCLCO STF OCLCF HCO VTS INT OCLCQ WYU OCLCQ REC M8D INARC KMS OCLCQ OCLCO OCL NZAUC OCLCQ WTU SMC OCLCO TS249 OCLCL OAPEN YNT OCLCQ OCLCO BIO 006000 bisacsh SCI 030000 bisacsh TRV 033000 bisacsh TRV 034000 bisacsh TRV 016000 bisacsh TRV 018000 bisacsh JFSJ bicssc 910.4 23 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ddc/E4dbpTTypHhHvqBCt7mcXC36M8 Jones, Alden author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrwVMvCBbvFcr8GhQtBT3 The blind masseuse a traveler's memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia Alden Jones Madison, Wisconsin Terrace Books The University of Wisconsin Press [2013] Madison, Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Terrace Books The University of Wisconsin Press 2013 1 online resource (viii, 184 pages) 1 online resource (viii, 184 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references 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 Voyages and travels Voyage Voyages Voyageuses- Biographies travel. journeys. Gender studies, gender groups. 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. Women. Asia & the Pacific Autobiography & memoir Latin American & Caribbean studies travel women's studies Travelers' writings, American travelog (performed works genre) autobiographies (literary genre) Travel writing. Autobiographies. Autobiographies. Récits de voyages. Print version Jones, Alden. Blind masseuse 9780299295707 (DLC) 2013014543 (OCoLC)843025519