In light of another's word : European ethnography in the Middle Ages

In light of another's word : European ethnography in the Middle Ages / Shirin A. Khanmohamadi.

Author/creator	Khanmohamadi, Shirin A.
Format	Tactile Material, Book, and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2014.
Description	202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Ethnology--Europe --History --To 1500. East and West--History --To 1500. Travel, Medieval--History --Sources. Travelers' writings, European--History and criticism. Authors, Medieval--Attitudes. Civilization, Medieval.

Series	The Middle Ages series Middle Ages series. ^A511997
Contents	Introduction -- Conquest, conversion, crusade, salvation : the discourse of anthropology and its uses in the medieval period -- Subjective beginnings : autoethnography and the partial gazes of Gerald of Wales -- Writing ethnography "in the eyes of the other" : William of Rubruck's mission to Mongolia -- Casting a "sideways glance" at the Crusades : the voice of the other in Joinville's Vie de Saint Louis -- Dis-orienting the self : the uncanny Travels of John Mandeville -- Conclusion.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-193) and index.
LCCN	2013026522
ISBN	9780812245622 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0812245628 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	GN308.3.E85 K43 2014	✔ Available	Place Hold