Cultural History In Focus | “The Tropics and the East-Central European Gaze: The Natural World of Southeast Asia in Polish and Serbian Travel Writings” by Tomasz Ewertowski

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Bogor Botanical Garden | 1929
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The Tropics and the East-Central European Gaze

The Natural World of Southeast Asia in Polish and Serbian Travel Writings

by Tomasz Ewertowski

This article is generously provided by Tomasz Ewertowski and Wacana.

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Tropical Fruit | 1870-1895
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Wayang Golek. Siedlecki, M. 1913. Jawa – przyroda i sztuka. Uwagi z podróży. Kraków: Wydawnictwo J. Mortkowicza.

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Military Police Patrol Crossing a River
J.M.Chr. Nijland, Sociëteitstraat Soerabaia (Publisher) | 1906
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Nanggoen coffee plantation near Buitenzorg (Bogor)
Woodbury & Page - Circa 1885
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Siedlecki, M. 1913. Jawa – przyroda i sztuka. Uwagi z podróży. Kraków: Wydawnictwo J. Mortkowicza.

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Crater of Papandayan Volcano
Woodbury & Page | 1870-1900
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Marian Raciborski. Szafer, Władysław. 1964. Z teki przyrodnika. Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna.

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Mount Salak from the terrace at the back of Hotel Bellevue in Buitenzorg -'Souvenirs de Voyage I, II en III.'' 'Verslag wereldreis' | 1888
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View of Papandayan Volcano | Circa 1900
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Beringin Tree Lane, Botanical Garden in Buitenzorg (Bogor) | 1875-1900
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Tomasz Ewertowski

Tomasz Ewertowski, PhD, is a lecturer at the Shanghai International Studies University, China since 2017, he has been teaching in China since 2013.. He graduated from and worked as a researcher at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland. His research interests include travel writing studies, imagology, postcolonialism, and comparative literature. He served as a principal investigator on two grants from the Polish National Science Center and has published i.a Images of China in Polish and Serbian travel writings (Leiden: Brill, 2021).

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Author | © Tomasz Ewertowski
Publication | Wacana Vol. 23 No. 1 — pgs. 1-37
Year of Publication | 2022

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