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Mutual othering Islam, modernity, and the politics of cross-cultural encounters in pre-colonial Moroccan and European travel writing

Title
Mutual othering [electronic resource] : Islam, modernity, and the politics of cross-cultural encounters in pre-colonial Moroccan and European travel writing / Ahmed Idrissi Alami.
Author
Idrissi Alami, Ahmed.
Publication
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2013.

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Description
1 online resource (xi, 260 p.)
Uniform Title
Mutual othering (Online)
Alternative Title
Mutual othering (Online)
Subject
  • Travelers' writings, European > Morocco > History and criticism
  • Europe > Description and travel
  • 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
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-253) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
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.
LCCN
2012029167
OCLC
ssj0000950474
Author
Idrissi Alami, Ahmed.
Title
Mutual othering [electronic resource] : Islam, modernity, and the politics of cross-cultural encounters in pre-colonial Moroccan and European travel writing / Ahmed Idrissi Alami.
Imprint
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2013.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-253) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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