Longest Journey - Southeast Asians and the Pilgrimage to Mecca

A comprehensive history of the hajj from Southeast Asia from precolonial times to the present.

Sommario

Introduction; Part I: Charting the Hagg over the Centuries; 1. Ancient Footsteps: Southeast Asia's Earliest Muslim Pilgrims; 2. Mecca's Tidal Pull: The Red Sea and Its Worlds; 3. Financing Devotion: The Economics of the Pre-Moden Hajj; 4. Sultanate and Crescent: Religion and Politics in the Indian Ocean; Part II: The Hajj through Four Colonial Windows; 5. In Conrad's Wake: Lord Jim, the Patna, and the Hajj; 6. A Medical Mountain: Health Maintenance and Disease Control on the Hajj; 7. The Skeptic's Eye: Snouck Hurgronje and the Politics of Pilgrimage; 8. The Jeddah Consulates: Colonial Espionage in the Hejaz; Part III Making the Hajj Modern; 9. Regulating the Flood: The Hajj and the Independent Nation-State; 10. On the Margins of Islam: Hajjis from Ourside Southeast Asia's Islamic Arc; 11. I was the Guest of Allah: Hajj Memoirs and Writings from Southeast Asia; 12. Remembering Devotion: Oral History and the Pilgraimage; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Info autore

Eric Tagliacozzo is Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, Cornell University. He is the author of Secret Trades, Porous Borders: Smuggling and States along a Southeast Asian Frontier, 1865-1915

Riassunto

A comprehensive history of the hajj from Southeast Asia from precolonial times to the present.

Testo aggiuntivo

This book offers interesting facts and ideas about the political and economic context of the Hajj, as well as interesting snippets on the situation in contemporary Southeast Asia, especially in the countries with Muslim minorities.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Eric Tagliacozzo, Eric Tagliocozzo, Eric (Associate Professor of History Tagliocozzo, Tagliocozzo Eric
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2013
• EAN: 9780195308280
• ISBN: 978-0-19-530828-0
• Pagine: 368
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Islam, Südostasien, Asiatische Geschichte, HISTORY / Middle East / General, RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Asia / General, History - General History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, RELIGION / Islam / History, Islamic Studies, History of Religion, Middle Eastern history, Asian History, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Islamic