Overview
"". . . 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).
Full Product Details
Author: Tabish Khair ,
Justin D Edwards ,
Martin Leer ,
Hanna Ziadeh
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.30cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.476kg
ISBN: 9780253218216
ISBN 10: 0253218217
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 30 January 2006
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
<p> Hoping to mitigate the almost total erasure of non--European travel accounts that results in a Eurocentric view of the globe, Khair (Univ. of Aarhus, Denmark) and his fellow editors showcase travel writing by international travelers of Asian and African origin. The editors offer 33 carefully excerpted travel accounts that range chronologically from the 5th century CE (Three Chinese Scholars Go 'West' to India) to the late 19th century (Malabari: A Love--Hate Affair with the British). They organize these writings under broad categories: pilgrimages, studies, autobiographies, diaries, and memoirs, and travel accounts. Although many of these extracts will be well known to scholars of travel literature--e.g., the writings of Olaudah Equiano, Sake Dean Mahomed, Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta, and Matsuo Basho--numerous others are relatively unknown in the West and appear in some cases for the first time in English. The volume includes a literary foreword by Amitav Ghosh and a lucid and scholarly introduction by Khair. Each of these highly readable travel accounts is preceded by an informative editorial overview that looks at the traveler, the land through which the traveler journeys, and the purpose of travel (commerce, enlightenment, conversion, etc.). Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower--division undergraduates through faculty. --Choice, Nov. 2006 --M. W. Cox, University of Pittsburgh--M. W. Cox, University of Pittsburgh
<p>Hoping to mitigate the almost total erasure of non--European travel accounts that results in a Eurocentric view of the globe, Khair (Univ. of Aarhus, Denmark) and his fellow editors showcase travel writing by international travelers of Asian and African origin. The editors offer 33 carefully excerpted travel accounts that range chronologically from the 5th century CE (Three Chinese Scholars Go 'West' to India) to the late 19th century (Malabari: A Love--Hate Affair with the British). They organize these writings under broad categories: pilgrimages, studies, autobiographies, diaries, and memoirs, and travel accounts. Although many of these extracts will be well known to scholars of travel literature--e.g., the writings of Olaudah Equiano, Sake Dean Mahomed, Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta, and Matsuo Basho--numerous others are relatively unknown in the West and appear in some cases for the first time in English. The volume includes a literary foreword by Amitav Ghosh and a lucid and scholarly introduction by Khair. Each of these highly readable travel accounts is preceded by an informative editorial overview that looks at the traveler, the land through which the traveler journeys, and the purpose of travel (commerce, enlightenment, conversion, etc.). Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower--division undergraduates through faculty. --Choice, Nov. 2006--M. W. Cox, University of Pittsburgh
<p> Hoping to mitigate the almost total erasure of non -- European travelaccounts that results in a Eurocentric view of the globe, Khair (Univ. of Aarhus, Denmark) and his fellow editors showcase travel writing by international travelersof Asian and African origin. The editors offer 33 carefully excerpted travelaccounts that range chronologically from the 5th century CE (Three Chinese ScholarsGo 'West' to India) to the late 19th century (Malabari: A Love -- Hate Affair withthe British). They organize these writings under broad categories: pilgrimages, studies, autobiographies, diaries, and memoirs, and travel accounts. Although manyof these extracts will be well known to scholars of travel literature -- e.g., thewritings of Olaudah Equiano, Sake Dean Mahomed, Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta, and Matsuo Basho -- numerous others are relatively unknown in the West and appear insome cases for the first time in English. The volume includes a literary foreword byAmitav Ghosh and a lucid an
Author Information
Tabish Khair teaches at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. Justin D. Edwards is an associate professor at Copenhagen University, Denmark. Martin Leer is an associate professor at Copenhagen University, Denmark. Hanna Ziadeh is a Lebanese writer and translator who lives in Denmark.
