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On the Wonders of Land and Sea: Persianate Travel Writing initiates
a comparative study of non-European travel writers in the eastern
Islamic or Persianate world from the eighteenth to early twentieth
centuries. The essays in this volume discuss travel narratives by
male and female Muslim and Parsi/Zoroastrian travelers in the
Hijaz, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India, and Europe.
Focusing on the literary and linguistic aspects of the travelogues,
the essays reveal links to traditional forms of narrating travel
and the introduction of hybrid forms of discourse. The authors'
methodological approach situates the texts in their
socio-historical contexts and the travelers in their geographical
locations, taking into account their gender and national identity.
Each essay investigates a Muslim or Persianate traveler, whether
sojourning in Europe or another part of the eastern world, and
explores how the narrator represents what she or he sees while
questioning the social and historical transformations accompanying
modernity. The aim of this collection is to take a step toward a
more sustained critical discussion of travelogues by Muslim
travelers in dialogue with other Muslim, Persianate, and European
travelers.
Once a year Muslims from around the world-representing a vast range
of ethnicities, incomes, ages, and attitudes-perform the Hajj
(pilgrimage) and converge in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi
Arabia. Now, the global diversity of Muslims at the Hajj is almost
repliacted in the United States: new immigrants, Muslims whose
families have been here for generations, and converts are coming
together, seeing what unites them and what issues they face
together. Project MAPS (Muslims in the American Public Square)
began in 1999 to provide much-needed information on this
understudied and immensely diverse group of six million Americans.
This first volume emerging from the project, Muslims' Place in the
American Public Square, shows where the American Muslim community
fits into the American religious and civic landscape both before
and after 9/11. Renowned scholars contribute theoretical, legal,
historical, and sociological perspectives on how Muslims function
in both their own institutions and others. For classes in religion
or the social sciences, or for anyone interested in this
increasingly significant community, Muslims' Place in the American
Public Square provides a current, balanced introduction.
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