Viewing the Islamic Orient - British Travel Writers of the Nineteenth Century

Informationen zum Autor Pallavi Pandit Laisram is at the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts, Hyderabad, India. She has been Adjunct Faculty, Montgomery College, Maryland, USA, and has just returned to India after completing her Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University, USA. Klappentext Laisram uses a critical analysis of the travel accounts of four British travelers during the nineteenth century to examine and question Edward Said's concept of "Orientalism" and "Orientalist" discourse. She builds a powerful argument that westerners often struggled with their own conceptions of the orient. Zusammenfassung Laisram uses a critical analysis of the travel accounts of four British travelers during the nineteenth century to examine and question Edward Said’s concept of "Orientalism" and "Orientalist" discourse. She builds a powerful argument that westerners often struggled with their own conceptions of the orient. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Viewing the Islamic Orient 1. 'English Gentlemen Say, Hajji baba Very Clever Book': The Shifts in the Work of James Morier 2. Alexander Kinglake: 'The Eternal Ego that I am' 3. Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: 'The Hajji from the Far-North' 4. Gertrude Bell: The Romantic

Product details

• Authors: Pallavi Pandit Laisram, Laisram Pallavi Pandit
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2006
• EAN: 9780415401159
• ISBN: 978-0-415-40115-9
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, RELIGION / Eastern, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, Travel writing, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, East Asian religions, Oriental Religions