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Asia Inside Out, 3 (Hardcover)
Eric Tagliacozzo, Helen F. Siu, Peter C. Perdue; Contributions by Erik Harms, Biao Xiang, …
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R1,080
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A pioneering study of historical developments that have shaped Asia
concludes with this volume tracing the impact of ideas and cultures
of people on the move across the continent, whether willingly or
not. In the final volume of Asia Inside Out, a stellar
interdisciplinary team of scholars considers the migration of
people-and the ideas, practices, and things they brought with
them-to show the ways in which itinerant groups have transformed
their culture and surroundings. Going beyond time and place, which
animated the first two books, this third one looks at human beings
on the move. Human movement from place to place across time
reinforces older connections while forging new ones. Erik Harms
turns to Vietnam to show that the notion of a homeland as a marked
geographic space can remain important even if that space is not
fixed in people's lived experience. Angela Leung traces how much of
East Asia was brought into a single medical sphere by traveling
practitioners. Seema Alavi shows that the British preoccupation
with the 1857 Indian Revolt allowed traders to turn the Omani
capital into a thriving arms emporium. James Pickett exposes the
darker side of mobility in a netherworld of refugees, political
prisoners, and hostages circulating from the southern Russian
Empire to the Indian subcontinent. Other authors trace the impact
of movement on religious art, ethnic foods, and sports spectacles.
By stepping outside familiar categories and standard narratives,
this remarkable series challenges us to rethink our conception of
Asia in complex and nuanced ways.
Between war, diplomatic relations and political changes, precious
objects were transferred across borders, whether as gifts or war
booty, and artists pursued careers from one workshop to another.
With this interaction, an entirely new distinctive range of motifs
emerged, referencing and building upon earlier Islamic tradition
and foreign artistic influences. Through the high level of
patronage and artistic craftsmanship, patrons and artists succeeded
in shaping this cultural exchange. Text in English and Arabic.
The qsar corresponds to a type of human settlement widely
distributed in the Sahara desert, including many examples located
today in southern Morocco, southern Algeria, southern Tunisia,
Libya, Mauritania and Mali. This architectural model is
characterised by its use over a wide-ranging time span - probably
since the early first millennium BC according to ancient structures
recorded by the archaeologist Mattingly in the Libyan Fazzan. This
volume, through the systematic analysis and comparison of some qsur
of southeastern Algeria (Rig, Mzab, Miya and al-Mani'a), reveals
common architectural features that can be used to identify a common
type of qsar in this region. The analysis of the construction
material shows the primary use of limestone with a local mortar
(timchent) and date palm trunks (phoenix dactylifera) for the
structural elements (ceilings, doors, arcs, domes). Adobe bricks
(tub) are used in the housing and the defence systems punctuated by
towers and pierced doors. Despite a discontinuity within the
historical narrative, the establishment of populations in this area
of the Sahara appears to be much earlier than the medieval period
and the qsar is certainly not a creation ex nihilo of the modern
era. Because of their numerous modifications and extensions over
several centuries, the qsur problematise the dating of such
settlements. However, the comparison of its main components
encourages the development of a typology to identify some common
characteristics that would help position the qsar among the urban
planning of the dar al-islam.
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