{"product_id":"other-routes-1500-years-of-african-and-asian-travel-writing-9780253218216","title":"Other Routes: 1500 Years of African and Asian Travel Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\". . . brings new insights into the colonial relationship while challenging the unspoken temptation that this was a distinctly European period.\" --Simon Gikandi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther Routes collects important primary work by travel writers from Asia and Africa in English translation. An introduction by Tabish Khair discusses travel literature as a genre, the perception of travel and writing about travel as a European privilege, and the emergence of new writings that show that travel has been a human occupation that crosses time and culture. This original and significant book will interest armchair travelers and others in views of people and places away from the European traveler's gaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelections include \"The Travels of a Japanese Monk\" (c. 838), \"Al-Abdari, the Disgruntled Traveller\" (c. 1290), \"A Korean Official's Account of China\" (1488), \"The Poetry of Basho's Road\" (1689), \"Malabari: A Love-Hate Affair with the British\" (1890).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tabish Khair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253218216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2006 pg. 478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTabish Khair teaches at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJustin D. Edwards is an associate professor at Copenhagen University, Denmark. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin Leer is an associate professor at Copenhagen University, Denmark. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHanna Ziadeh is a Lebanese writer and translator who lives in Denmark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40625318789235,"sku":"9.78025E+12","price":44.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0c16e106-51b1-4dc6-959a-aa92b57e3655.jpg?v=1670944989","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/other-routes-1500-years-of-african-and-asian-travel-writing-9780253218216","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}