{"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\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\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":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42103881826384,"sku":"9780253218216","price":51.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/a0ZyVklkMmtHMFFvbDJzVlVmK0ZSQT09.webp?v=1772175425","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/other-routes-1500-years-of-african-and-asian-travel-writing-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}