Before Orientalism : Asian Peoples and Cultures in European Travel Writing, 1245-151 /

A distinct European perspective on Asia emerged in the late Middle Ages. Early reports of a homogeneous "India" of marvels and monsters gave way to accounts written by medieval travelers that indulged readers' curiosity about far-flung landscapes and cultures without exhibiting the at...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Phillips, Kim M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Travelers' writings, European.
Travel, Medieval.
Travel.
Public opinion, Western.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Écrits de voyageurs europeens > Histoire et critique.
Travel, Medieval > History > Sources.
Travelers' writings, European > History and criticism.
Asia.
Asie > Opinion publique occidentale > Histoire.
Asie > Descriptions et voyages > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Asia > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Asia > Foreign public opinion, Western > History.
Sources.
History.
Early works.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Theory, people, genres. On Orientalism
  • Travels, tales, audiences
  • Travel writing and the making of Europe
  • Envisioning Orients. Food and foodways
  • Femininities
  • Sex
  • Civility
  • Bodies
  • For a precolonial Middle Ages.

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