| Description |
1 online resource ([xiii], 313 pages). |
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Princeton studies in Muslim politics |
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Princeton studies in Muslim politics.
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| Note |
Originally published: 2006. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-301) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
The contemporary world is increasingly defined by dizzying flows of people and ideas. But while Western travel is associated with a pioneering spirit of discovery, the dominant image of Muslim mobility is the jihadi who travels not to learn but to destroy. Journeys to the Other Shore challenges these stereotypes by charting the common ways in which Muslim and Western travelers negotiate the dislocation of travel to unfamiliar and strange worlds. In Roxanne Euben's groundbreaking excursion across cultures, geography, history, genre, and genders, travel signifies not only a physical movement acr. |
| Subject |
Travel, Medieval.
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Voyages and travels.
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Travelers -- Arab countries.
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Travelers -- Europe.
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Muslims -- Travel.
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Christians -- Travel.
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East and West.
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TRAVEL -- Essays & Travelogues.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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| Added Title |
Muslim and Western travelers in search of knowledge |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Euben, Roxanne Leslie, 1966- Journeys to the other shore. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2008 9780691138404 0691138400 (OCoLC)228573720 |
| ISBN |
9781400827497 (electronic bk.) |
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1400827493 (electronic bk.) |
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