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1、WAYSOFREADINGAnAnthologyforWritersThirdEditionUNIVERSITYOFPITTSBURGHAnthonyPetroskyUNIVERSITYOFPITTSBURGHBEDFORDBOOKSOFST.MARTIN'SPRESSBostonArtsoftheContactZolleTheessaytI,atfoUrrwswasrevisedtoseroeastheintroductiontoImperialEyes,whichisparticularlyaboutEuropeant
2、ravelwritingintheeighteenthandnine·tanthcenturies,whenEuropewas~'discovering"AfricaandtheAmericas,It(tr~gUtSthattravelwritingproduced"therestoftheworld"forEuropeanreaders.Itdid,,'t"report"onAfriCilorSouthAmerica;itproducedan"Africa"oran"Amer·ica"forEuropeanconsump
3、tioll.TravelwriHngproducedplacesthatcouldbethouglltofasbarren,empty,undeveloped,inaJnceivable,needfulofEuropeanin·flu~nceandcontrol,readytoserveEuropeanindustrial,inlelleclual,andwmmerdnlinterests.ThereportsoftravelersOT,tater,scientistsandanthropologistsarepartof
4、amoregeneralprocessbywhichtheemergingindustrialnationstookpos·~iollofnewterritllrY.TheEuropeanunderstandingofPem,forexample,camethrollghEuropeanac·cou/tts,netfromattemptstoundcrs{tmdorelicitresponsesfromAndeans.PenwianIIntirt':i.Wlte"silcharesponsewasdelivered,whe
5、nanAndean,GuamanPoma,wrotetoKingPhilip1llofSpain,hisletterwasunreadable.Prattisinterestedinjustthosemomentsofcontactbetweenpeoplesandcultures.Sheisinterestedin/rawKillgPhilipread(orfailedtoreod)aletterfromPeru,blltalsoinhIYWsomeoneli.vGllamanPomapreparedhimselftow
6、ritetothekingofSpain.Tofixthesemoments,shemakes/lseofaphraseshecoined.the"contactZlme,"which,shesoys,Iusetorefertolitespaceofcolonialencounters,thespaceinwhichpeoplesgeographicallyandhistoricallyseparatedcomeilltocontactwitheadtoth~andc-tablishongoingrelations,usu
7、allyinvolvingccmdifionsofcoercion,radicalineqllality,andintractableconflict....Byusingtheterm"contact,"Iaimtoforegroundtheinteractive,improvisationaldimensionsofcolonialencounterssoeasilyignoredorsuppressedbydiffusionistaccountsofconquestanddomination.A"contact"pe
8、rspectiveemphasizeshawsubjedsareconstitutedinandbytheirrelationsfaeacholher.IttreatstherelationsamongCO[on;ursandcolonized,ortravelersandUtrauelees,"not
