Person(s):
Malkiel, David
Title:
Strangers in Yemen
Subtitle:
Travel and Cultural Encounter among Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Colonial Era
Publisher(s):
München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Document type:
Electronic Resource
Physical description:
1 online resource (XIX, 349 p.)
ISBN (invalid):
9783110710618
Identifier:
10.1515/9783110710618
Parallel edition(s):
978-3-11-071064-9
978-3-11-071029-8
Footnote:
Vorläufiger Zugriff bis 31.12.2023
Subject(s):
Cultural and religious encounter, Jews, Muslims, Christians, Yemen
;
Kulturgeschichte
;
Orientalismus
;
Reisebericht
;
Religion
;
Yemen
;
HISTORY
Abstract:
Strangers in Yemen is a study of travel to Yemen in the nineteenth century by Jews, Christians and Muslims. The travelers include a missionary, artist, scientist, rabbi, merchant, adventurer and soldier. The focus is on the encounter between people of different cultures, and the chapters analyze the travelers’ accounts to elucidate how strangers and locals perceived each other, and how the experiences shaped their perceptions of themselves. Cultural encounter is among the most important challenges of our time, a time of global migration and instant communication. Today, as in the past, history provides a valuable tool for illuminating the human experience, and this scholarly work stimulates us to contemplate the challenge of cultural encounter, for it affects us all
Link(s):
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110710618
Link(s):
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110710618
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