Thesiss

This thesis, “Exotic Journeys: Exploring the Erotics of American Travel Literature, 1840–1930,” focuses on the interrelations between eroticisation, sexuality, race and travel discourse as they converge in American travel literature. Defining travel literature as a hybrid of the…

This thesis aims to shed light on the cultural and aesthetic implications of the relationship between Italy and India on and off the screens of Italy, following the expansion of Bollywood in Europe during the 90s. Bollywood's propagation abroad affected the identity of the South…

This creative project is a memoir of the year the author spent living in Iran and teaching at the University of Tehran during the period preceding the Iranian Revolution of 1979. The preliminary sections in the first chapter include a statement of purpose, a discussion of the si…