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Strangers in Yemen

Travel and Cultural Encounter among Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Colonial Era
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2021
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Strangers in Yemen is a study of travel to Yemen in the nineteenth century by Jews, Christians and Muslims. The travelers include a missionary, artist, scientist, rabbi, merchant, adventurer and soldier. The focus is on the encounter between people of different cultures, and the chapters analyze the travelers’ accounts to elucidate how strangers and locals perceived each other, and how the experiences shaped their perceptions of themselves. Cultural encounter is among the most important challenges of our time, a time of global migration and instant communication. Today, as in the past, history provides a valuable tool for illuminating the human experience, and this scholarly work stimulates us to contemplate the challenge of cultural encounter, for it affects us all.

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David Malkiel, Bar-Ilan University

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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
December 16, 2020
eBook ISBN:
9783110710618
Hardcover published on:
December 16, 2020
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110710298
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
19
Main content:
349
Illustrations:
50
Coloured Illustrations:
30
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110710618
eBook ISBN: 9783110710618
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110710298
Keywords for this book
Cultural and religious encounter; Jews; Muslims; Christians; Yemen
Audience(s) for this book
Historians; Orientalism, Cultural and Travel Studies scholars, Religious Studies scholars
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