Mutual othering [electronic resource] : Islam, modernity, and the politics of cross-cultural encounters in pre-colonial Moroccan and European travel writing / Ahmed Idrissi Alami.
By: Idrissi Alami, Ahmed.
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BookPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2013Description: xi, 260 p.Subject(s): Travelers' writings, European -- Morocco -- History and criticism | Travelers' writings, Arabic -- Europe -- History and criticism | European prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism | Arabic prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism | East and West in literature | Islam in literature | Ethnology in literature | Imperialism in literature | Morocco -- Description and travel | Europe -- Description and travelGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 916.404/3 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: concepts of modernity -- Literary depictions of the Moor, travel writing and the Maghreb -- The rihla to Europe: transcultural Islam and the Islamization of modernity -- Visions of Morocco and its pre-modernity in French travel writing -- Slavery, racism and the rhetoric of modernity in British travel writing -- Conclusions and contemporary debates.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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