Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Note on the Text ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Theory, People, Genres
6. Chapter 1. On Orientalism 15
7. Chapter 2. Travelers, Tales, Audiences 28
8. Chapter 3. Travel Writing and the Making of Europe 50
9. Part II. Envisioning Orients
10. Chapter 4. Food and Foodways 73
11. Chapter 5. Femininities 101
12. Chapter 6. Sex 123
13. Chapter 7. Civility 148
14. Chapter 8. Bodies 172
15. Afterword: For a Precolonial Middle Ages 199
16. Notes 203
17. Bibliography 267
18. Index 305
19. Acknowledgments 313