{"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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2300882\"\u003eTabish Khair\u003c\/a\u003e\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\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253218216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0253218217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV010000\"\u003eEssays \u0026amp; Travelogues\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV002000\"\u003eAfrica | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV003000\"\u003eAsia | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44579385737453,"sku":"9780253218216","price":41.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_b8bb6b5e-3b2c-44ea-9485-77b1f78e9065.jpg?v=1702060263","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/other-routes-1500-years-of-african-and-asian-travel-writing-9780253218216","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}