The Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan: In Asia, Africa, and Europe, during the years 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, and 1803 (Broadview Editions) [Idioma Inglés] - Tapa blanda

Khan, Abu Talib

 
9781551116723: The Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan: In Asia, Africa, and Europe, during the years 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, and 1803 (Broadview Editions) [Idioma Inglés]
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ISBN 10: 1551116723 ISBN 13: 9781551116723
Editorial: Broadview Press Ltd, 2008

Sinopsis

In 1810, the orientalist scholar Charles Stewart translated and published an extraordinary travel narrative written by a Persian-speaking Indian poet and scholar named Mirza Abu Talib Khan. At the turn of the century, Abu Talib travelled from India to Africa, and on to Ireland, England, and France, where he recorded his observations of European culture with wit and precision. The narrative's vital and controversial account of British imperial society is one of the earliest examples of a colonial subject addressing the cultural dynamics of metropolitan Britain, and its complex critique of empire challenges many preconceptions about intercultural relations during this era. Following his European sojourn, Abu Talib's remarkable Shi'ite pilgrimage through present day Turkey and Iraq further enhances his meditation on the encounter between Islam and European modernity. This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and chronologies of the lives and works of Mirza Abu Talib and Charles Stewart. The appendices offer contemporary reviews of the narrative, selections of British orientalist discourse, and examples of proto-ethnographic writing from the period.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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Daniel O’Quinn is Professor of English at the University of Guelph.

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In 1810, the orientalist scholar Charles Stewart translated and published an extraordinary travel narrative written by a Persian-speaking Indian poet and scholar named Mirza Abu Talib Khan. At the turn of the century, Abu Talib travelled from India to Africa, and on to Ireland, England, and France, where he recorded his observations of European culture with wit and precision. The narrative's vital and controversial account of British imperial society is one of the earliest examples of a colonial subject addressing the cultural dynamics of metropolitan Britain, and its complex critique of empire challenges many preconceptions about intercultural relations during this era. Following his European sojourn, Abu Talib's remarkable Shi'ite pilgrimage through present day Turkey and Iraq further enhances his meditation on the encounter between Islam and European modernity.

This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and chronologies of the lives and works of Mirza Abu Talib and Charles Stewart. The appendices offer contemporary reviews of the narrative, selections of British orientalist discourse, and examples of proto-ethnographic writing from the period.

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Editorial
Broadview Press Ltd
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1551116723
ISBN 13 
9781551116723
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Número de páginas
458
Editor
O'Quinn Daniel
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