This article analyzes the uses of otherness representation, from power relations, gender and culture perspectives, in the frame of travel narratives about Orient, through the books Journal of a Residence in India e Letters on India, written by Maria Graham and published at the beginning of 19th century. The focus turns to the views and perceptions that produce memory and imagination, through the traveler experience of observing, and adherence to the writing travel books narrative protocol.
travel books; Maria Graham, India, 19th century.