Malkiel Strangers in Yemen

Travel and Cultural Encounter among Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Colonial Era
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-11-071061-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten

is a study of travel to Yemen in the nineteenth century by Jews, Christians and Muslims. The travelers include a missionary, artist, scientist, rabbi, merchant, adventurer and soldier. The focus is on the encounter between people of different cultures, and the chapters analyze the travelers’ accounts to elucidate how strangers and locals perceived each other, and how the experiences shaped their perceptions of themselves. Cultural encounter is among the most important challenges of our time, a time of global migration and instant communication. Today, as in the past, history provides a valuable tool for illuminating the human experience, and this scholarly work stimulates us to contemplate the challenge of cultural encounter, for it affects us all.

Zielgruppe

Historians; Orientalism, Cultural and Travel Studies scholars, Re

Autoren/Hrsg.

Malkiel, David

Über Autor(innen)

David Malkiel, Bar-Ilan University