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The [European] Other in Medieval Arabic Literature and Culture
Ninth-Twelfth Century AD
- 252 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
Contrary to the monolithic impression left by postcolonial theories of Orientalism, the book makes the case that Orientals did not exist solely to be gazed at. Hermes shows that there was no shortage of medieval Muslims who cast curious eyes towards the European Other and that more than a handful of them were interested in Europe.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration
- Note on the Translation of Arabic Poetry
- Introduction: Be(yond)fore Orientalism; Medieval Muslims and the Other
- 1. Translation, Travel, and the Other: The Fascination with Greek and Oriental Cultures
- 2. European Barbarity and Civilization in Some Medieval Arabic Geographical Sources: Al-Mas?udi and al-Bakri as Two Case Studies
- 3. Writing the North: Europe and Europeans in Medieval Arabic Travel Literature
- 4. Poetry, Frontiers, and Alterity: Views and Perceptions of al-Rum (Byzantines) and al-Ifranja (Franks)
- Conclusion
- Appendix of Translated Poetry
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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