Idrissi Alami Mutual Othering

Islam, Modernity, and the Politics of Cross-Cultural Encounters in Pre-Colonial Moroccan and European Travel Writing
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4384-4735-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Explores interactions between Europeans and Moroccans on both sides of the straits in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Idrissi Alami, Ahmed

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Afrikanische Literaturen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Notes on Transliteration and Translation
Introduction

1. Literary Depictions of the Moor, Travel Writing, and the Maghreb

2. The Rihla to Europe: Transcultural Islam and the Islamization of Modernity

3. Visions of Morocco and Its Premodernity in French Travel Writing

4. Slavery, Racism, and the Rhetoric of Modernity in British Travel Writing

5. Conclusions and Contemporary Debates

Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ahmed Idrissi Alami is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Comparative Studies at Purdue University.