Historic engagements with occidental cultures, religions, powers / edited by Anne R. Richards and Iraj Omidvar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Richards, Anne R., 1961- editor.

Omidvar, Iraj, editor.

Series:

Postcolonialism and religions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East and West--History.

East and West.

Travelers.

Muslims--Travel.

History.

Muslims.

Asians.

Travel.

Relations.

Western countries--Foreign public opinion, Asian.

Western countries.

Asia--Relations--Western countries.

Asia.

Western countries--Relations--Asia.

Imperialism--History.

Imperialism.

Western countries--Description and travel.

Asians--Travel--Western countries--History.

Muslims--Travel--Western countries--History.

Travelers--Western countries.

Travelers' writings.

Physical Description:

x, 315 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

"Historic Engagements with Occidental Cultures, Religions, Powers explores centuries of unequal power relations and imperial and civilizing rhetorics, overarching themes highlighted in these infrequently heard accounts by Eastern travelers to the West. Considered in depth are evolutions in mental frameworks and practices that led to the emergence of anticolonial consciousness and strategies of protest"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Recovering Oriental Perspectives on the West / Iraj Omidvar and Anne R. Richards

Part One: Central and Eastern Europe

Chapter One: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Crystal Palace / Roger Chapman

Chapter Two: Ubeydullah Effendi in the United States : The Impressions of an Ottoman Intellectual Regarding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair / Birgül Koçak-Ostev

Part Two: Western Asia

Chapter Three: The Moor's First Sight : An Arab Poet in a Ninth-Century Viking Court / Nizar Hermes

Chapter Four: Imperial Narratives : Islamic Concepts of Inclusion and Exclusion in Ibn Fadlan's Account of his Mission to the Bulgars / Nina Berman

Chapter Five: Two Muslim Travelers to the West in the Nineteenth Century / Ahmed K. Al-Rawi

Part Three: South Asia

Chapter Six: 'Ajaibat-e-Farang : Yousuf Khan Kambalposh's Metropolitan Journey and Ways of Seeing the West / Masood Ashraf Raja

Chapter Seven: The International Colour Line Has Been Challenged : Solidarity Networks in Indian Travel Narratives / Anupama Arora

Chapter Eight: Reactions of Two Bengali Women Travelers : Krishnobhabini Das and Chitrita Devi / Nupur Chaudhuri

Chapter Nine: Chinese Culture and Western Technology : Qi Zhaoxi's Writings about the United States / Junjie Luo

Part Four: Southeast and Eastern Asia

Chapter Ten: Balinese Art, Religion, and Community in the Netherlands / Ana Dragojlovic

Chapter Eleven: Shigetsu Sasaki : Zen Vagabond in the United States / Claudia Milstead

Chapter Twelve: Un-canning the Canny : McDonald's Japan and the Mr. James Saga / Ed Chan

Conclusion: Religion, Transculturalism, and Consciousness / Anne R. Richards.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137405012

1137405015

OCLC:

881656023