In light of another's word : European ethnography in the Middle Ages / Shirin A. Khanmohamadi.

Author/creator Khanmohamadi, Shirin A.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2014.
Description202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Ethnology--Europe. --History. --To 1500.
East and West--History. --To 1500.
Travel, Medieval--History. --Sources.
Travelers' writings, European--History and criticism.
Authors, Medieval--Attitudes.
Civilization, Medieval.

SeriesThe Middle Ages series
Middle Ages series. ^A511997
Contents Introduction -- Conquest, conversion, crusade, salvation : the discourse of anthropology and its uses in the medieval period -- Subjective beginnings : autoethnography and the partial gazes of Gerald of Wales -- Writing ethnography "in the eyes of the other" : William of Rubruck's mission to Mongolia -- Casting a "sideways glance" at the Crusades : the voice of the other in Joinville's Vie de Saint Louis -- Dis-orienting the self : the uncanny Travels of John Mandeville -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [181]-193) and index.
LCCN 2013026522
ISBN9780812245622 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0812245628 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GN308.3.E85 K43 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold