| Other Routes: 1500 Years of African and Asian Travel Writing Contributor(s): Khair, Tabish (Editor), Edwards, Justin D. (Editor), Leer, Martin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0253218217 ISBN-13: 9780253218216 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2006 Annotation: ..". brings new insights into the colonial relationship while challenging the unspoken temptation that this was a distinctly European period." -- Simon Gikandi Other Routes collects important primary work by travel writers from Asia and Africa in English translation. An introduction by Tabish Khair discusses travel literature as a genre, the perception of travel and writing about travel as a European privilege, and the emergence of new writings that show that travel has been a human occupation that crosses time and culture. This original and significant book will interest armchair travelers and others in views of people and places away from the European traveler's gaze. Selections include "The Travels of a Japanese Monk" (c. 838), "Al-Abdari, the Disgruntled Traveller" (c. 1290), "A Korean Official's Account of China" (1488), "The Poetry of Basho's Road" (1689), "Malabari: A Love-Hate Affair with the British" (1890). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | Africa - General - Travel | Asia - General |
| Dewey: 910.4 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.3" W x 8.02" (1.05 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: . . . brings new insights into the colonial relationship while challenging the unspoken temptation that this was a distinctly European period. --Simon Gikandi Other Routes collects important primary work by travel writers from Asia and Africa in English translation. An introduction by Tabish Khair discusses travel literature as a genre, the perception of travel and writing about travel as a European privilege, and the emergence of new writings that show that travel has been a human occupation that crosses time and culture. This original and significant book will interest armchair travelers and others in views of people and places away from the European traveler's gaze. Selections include The Travels of a Japanese Monk (c. 838), Al-Abdari, the Disgruntled Traveller (c. 1290), A Korean Official's Account of China (1488), The Poetry of Basho's Road (1689), Malabari: A Love-Hate Affair with the British (1890). |