Annotations the Second

Here are some more resources that are helpful (hopefully I can find four, travel seems to be such an arbitrary search topic, and I'm pulling up articles for the most random things...unrelated to this):

Dunn, Kevin C. (2004).
Fear of a Black Planet: Anarchy Anxieties and Postcolonial Travel to Africa.
Third World Quarterly, 25(3), 483--499

This article looks at the way the Western world has constructed an "otherness" when traveling to Africa and in its consumption and connection to it. This postcolonial approach is exemplified in the exotic image that has been thrust onto the continent's countries as a destination that is both "natural" and "native" (somehow implying primitive) The article looks at the way the Western world has historically viewed Africa as a place that needs external "fixing," and how places that don't adhere to this perceived image are seen as a threat to the Western world. Dunn looks at the way the world has changed its perception of Africa in a post 9-11 world, and the possible implications for its future in international relations.

Koenker, Diane P. (2003).
Travel to Work, Travel to Play: On Russian Tourism, Travel, and Leisure.
Slavic Review, 62(4), 657--665

Diane P. Koenker examines the interrelations of travel, tourism, and leisure through Russian tourists and their contrasting definitions of both the tourist and the traveler. She raises the theme of a quest for knowledge and the importance placed on it, the creation of leisure activities, and the issues that arise from tourists and travels wanting to be in control of their own experiences. Koenker explores the ways travel has formed identities, both national and cosmopolitan, and analysizes the consequences of travel, and leisure outside of the home.

Gabriel, Philip (2002).
Back to the Unfamiliar: The Travel Writings of Murakami Haruki.
Japanese Language and Literature, 36(2), 151--169.

In this article, Philip Gabriel looks at the writigs of Haruki Murakami relative to Japanese travel writings. Murakami's writings are imbued with a sense of nostalgia, loss, and reflection of the limits of knowledge. He writes about Murakami's reactions to his own work and how it's received as well as his philosphy about writing. The article functions as a discussion about the works of another writer and his focus on traveling.