{"product_id":"other-routes-1500-years-of-african-and-asian-travel-writing-paperback","title":"Other Routes: 1500 Years of African and Asian Travel Writing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTabish Khair\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJustin D. Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMartin Leer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\". . . brings new insights into the colonial relationship while challenging the unspoken temptation that this was a distinctly European period.\" --Simon Gikandi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTabish Khair teaches at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJustin D. Edwards is an associate professor at Copenhagen University, Denmark. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMartin Leer is an associate professor at Copenhagen University, Denmark. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHanna Ziadeh is a Lebanese writer and translator who lives in Denmark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.02 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53558390522163,"sku":"9780253218216","price":44.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/other-routes-1500-years-of-african-and-asian-travel-writing-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}