The unsavvy traveler : women's comic tales of catastrophe
Title:
The unsavvy traveler : women's comic tales of catastrophe
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Rosemary Caperton, Anne Mathews, and Lucie Ocenas ; introduction by Pam Houston.
Publication Information:
Seattle, WA : Seal Press, c2001.
Physical Description:
xiv, 283 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9781580050586
Abstract:
Women travellers recount how they began expeditions with the highest dreams, and encountered such surprises as angry bears, exploding toilets, malaria, and other humoroous calamities.
Contents:
Mob mentality / Tanmeet Sethi -- "Born again" in paradise / Toni Landis -- Hoofed ham and a pair of boots / L.A. Miller -- (Carry me) out of Africa / Ayun Halliday -- On and off the Kokoda Trail / Sharon Grimberg -- The mongrels / Novella Carpenter -- El Jolote Loco / Julie Gerk -- Sea penis / Sarah Weppner -- Japan, my foot / A.C. Hall -- An American in Venice / Ingrid Wendt -- Spare me / Kristin Beck -- Saving the Guaymi / Lea Aschkenas -- When Cubans become Vegans / Trina Truthtella -- Awash in the jungle / Kari Bodnarchuk -- Fete du Mouton / Rachel Berkoff -- Lousy directions / Laura Carlsmith -- Nowhere to hide / Ginu Kamani -- On being at sea / Lucy Jane Bledsoe -- Exposure / Nancy Cooper Frank -- Under the golden arches / Mielikki Org -- Blood, milk and millet / Patrice Melnick -- The occurrence / Marilyn Abildskov -- Last date in the Czech Republic / Christine Schick -- Travel wars / Elizabeth Roper Marcus -- Trouble bear / Alice Evans -- Lying like a rug / Susan Danberg -- First night in Tokyo / Michelle Kehm -- VIP treatment / Caryn Bark