Mutual Othering : Islam, Modernity, and the Politics of Cross-Cultural Encounters in Pre-Colonial Moroccan and European Travel Writing.
Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (274 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781438447353Subject(s): Travelers' writings, European -- Morocco -- History and criticism.;Travelers' writings, Arabic -- Europe -- History and criticism.;European prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.;Arabic prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.;East and West in literature.;Islam in literature.;Ethnology in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books. Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mutual Othering : Islam, Modernity, and the Politics of Cross-Cultural Encounters in Pre-Colonial Moroccan and European Travel WritingDDC classification: 916.404/3 LOC classification: DT309 -- .I48 2013ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Mutual Othering: Islam, Modernity, and the Politics of Cross-Cultural Encounters in Pre-Colonial Moroccan and European Travel Writing -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Literary Depictions of the Moor, Travel Writing, and the Maghreb -- Chapter 2: The Riḥla to Europe: Transcultural Islam and the Islamization of Modernity -- Chapter 3: Visions of Morocco and Its Premodernity in French Travel Writing -- Chapter 4: Slavery, Racism, and the Rhetoric of Modernity in British Travel Writing -- Chapter 5: Conclusions and Contemporary Debates -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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