Mutual othering : Islam, modernity, and the politics of cross-cultural encounters in pre-colonial Moroccan and European travel writing /
Idrissi Alami, Ahmed.
Mutual othering : Islam, modernity, and the politics of cross-cultural encounters in pre-colonial Moroccan and European travel writing / Ahmed Idrissi Alami. - Albany : State University of New York Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xi, 260 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: concepts of modernity -- Literary depictions of the Moor, travel writing and the Maghreb -- The rihla to Europe: transcultural Islam and the Islamization of modernity -- Visions of Morocco and its pre-modernity in French travel writing -- Slavery, racism and the rhetoric of modernity in British travel writing -- Conclusions and contemporary debates.
9781461936138 9781438447353
Travelers' writings, European--History and criticism.
Travelers' writings, Arabic--History and criticism.--Europe
European prose literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Arabic prose literature--History and criticism.--19th century
East and West in literature.
Islam in literature.
Ethnology in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Electronic Books.
DT309 / .M888 2013
Mutual othering : Islam, modernity, and the politics of cross-cultural encounters in pre-colonial Moroccan and European travel writing / Ahmed Idrissi Alami. - Albany : State University of New York Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xi, 260 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: concepts of modernity -- Literary depictions of the Moor, travel writing and the Maghreb -- The rihla to Europe: transcultural Islam and the Islamization of modernity -- Visions of Morocco and its pre-modernity in French travel writing -- Slavery, racism and the rhetoric of modernity in British travel writing -- Conclusions and contemporary debates.
9781461936138 9781438447353
Travelers' writings, European--History and criticism.
Travelers' writings, Arabic--History and criticism.--Europe
European prose literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Arabic prose literature--History and criticism.--19th century
East and West in literature.
Islam in literature.
Ethnology in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Electronic Books.
DT309 / .M888 2013