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A Vision of Yemen - The Travels of a European Orientalist and His Native Guide, A Translation of Hayyim Habshush's Travelogue (Paperback)
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A Vision of Yemen - The Travels of a European Orientalist and His Native Guide, A Translation of Hayyim Habshush's Travelogue (Paperback)
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In 1869, Hayyim Habshush, a Yemeni Jew, accompanied the European
orientalist Joseph Halévy on his archaeological tour of Yemen.
Twenty years later, Habshush wrote A Vision of Yemen, a memoir of
their travels, that provides a vivid account of daily life,
religion, and politics. More than a simple travelogue, it is a work
of trickster-tales, thick anthropological descriptions, and
reflections on Jewish–Muslim relations. At its heart lies the
fractious and intimate relationship between the Yemeni coppersmith
and the "enlightened" European scholar and the collision between
the cultures each represents. The book thus offers a powerful
indigenous response to European Orientalism. This edition is the
first English translation of Habshush's writings from the original
Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew and includes an accessible historical
introduction to the work. The translation maintains Habshush's
gripping style and rich portrayal of the diverse communities and
cultures of Yemen, offering a potent mixture of artful storytelling
and cultural criticism, suffused with humor and empathy. Habshush
writes about the daily lives of men and women, rich and poor,
Jewish and Muslim, during a turbulent period of war and both
Ottoman and European imperialist encroachment. With this
translation, Alan Verskin recovers the lost voice of a man
passionately committed to his land and people.
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