In Light of Another's Word : European Ethnography in the Middle Ages /

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Challenging the traditional conception of medieval Europe as insular and xenophobic, this book looks to early ethnographic writers who were surprisingly aware of their own otherness, especially when faced with the far-flung peoples and cultures they meant to describe.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Khanmohamadi, Shirin A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Travelers' writings, European.
Travel, Medieval.
Ethnology.
East and West.
Civilization, Medieval.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Écrits de voyageurs europeens > Histoire et critique.
Civilisation medievale.
Écrivains medievaux > Attitudes.
Travelers' writings, European > History and criticism.
Travel, Medieval > History > Sources.
Ethnology > Europe > History > To 1500.
East and West > History > To 1500.
Authors, Medieval > Attitudes.
Europe.
Sources.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Conquest, Conversion, Crusade, Salvation : The Discourse of Anthropology and Its Uses in the Medieval Period
  • Subjective Beginnings : Autoethnography and the Partial Gazes of Gerald of Wales
  • Writing Ethnography "In the Eyes of the Other" : William of Rubruck's Mission to Mongolia
  • Casting a "Sideways Glance" at the Crusades : The Voice of the Other in Joinville's Vie de Saint Louis
  • Dis-Orienting the Self : The Uncanny Travels of John Mandeville
  • Conclusion.

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