Geographies of Contact
Britain, the Middle East and the Circulation of Knowledge
This interdisciplinary collection of essays, in keeping with recent historiographic approaches to East-West cultural relations, focuses on the material and spatial conditions of cultural encounters between Britain and the Middle East, from the late Middle Ages to the dawn of the twentieth century.
By exploring a diversity of contexts and sites of encounter (from cosmopolitan cities to private collections), and by underlining the manifold nature of cultural exchanges connected with them...
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Editor's note
Ouvrage publié avec le soutien de l’Université de Strasbourg, de l’EA 1340 « Groupe d’études orientales, slaves et néo-helléniques », de l'EA 2325 « Savoirs dans l'Espace Anglophone, Représentations, Culture, Histoire » et du Laboratoire « Societies, Actors and Governments in Europe » (UMR 7363).
- Publisher : Presses universitaires de Strasbourg
- Series : Études orientales, slaves et néo-helléniques
- Place of publication : Strasbourg
- Year of publication : 2017
- Published on OpenEdition Books : 14 octobre 2019
- EAN (Print version) : 9782868209849
- Electronic EAN : 9791034404728
- DOI : 10.4000/books.pus.5933
- Number of pages : 292 p.
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I. Scripting the Orient
II. Mapping the Orient
III. Objects Transferred
IV. Sites Turned into Sights
V. Orientalist Contact Zones
IV. Transposing Legal and Political Principles
This interdisciplinary collection of essays, in keeping with recent historiographic approaches to East-West cultural relations, focuses on the material and spatial conditions of cultural encounters between Britain and the Middle East, from the late Middle Ages to the dawn of the twentieth century.
By exploring a diversity of contexts and sites of encounter (from cosmopolitan cities to private collections), and by underlining the manifold nature of cultural exchanges connected with them, the essays outline the dynamic and complex interplay which contributed to the circulation of knowledge between these regions.
They also bring together a variety of practices (diplomatic, geographical, aesthetic, archaeological, literary or commercial) in order to highlight the multi-layered dimension of these cultural transfers and exchanges.
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