Friday, May 18, 2007
VisualThesaurus Book Reviews by EH Editor
Expat Harem editor Anastasia Ashman contributes the “Dog Eared: Books We Love” column this week at VisualThesaurus.com, the online tool for writers, students and teachers of writing, and marketing communications professionals worldwide. Anastasia recaps four books about the cultural wisdom historically pooling at the intersection of women and travel:
- UNSUITABLE FOR LADIES: An Anthology of Women Travellers, selected by Jane Robinson
- VEILED HALF-TRUTHS: Western Travellers’ Perceptions of Middle Eastern Women, selected and annotated by Judy Mabro
- ADVENTUROUS WOMEN IN SOUTH EAST ASIA: Six Lives, edited by John Gullick
- DREAMING OF EAST: Western Women and the Exotic Allure of the Orient, by Barbara Hodgson
