1st Edition
The Constructions of the East in Western Travel Narratives, 1200 CE to 1800 CE
By Radhika Seshan
Copyright 2020
114 Pages
by
Routledge India
114 Pages
by
Routledge India
114 Pages
by
Routledge India
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This book investigates how the idea of the ‘east’ emerged in western travel narratives between the 13th and the 18th centuries. Sifting through critical travel narratives — real and imagined — it locates the changing geography as well as the perceptions surrounding India. The author presents how historical stereotypes interacted with a burgeoning demand for travelogues during this period and have... Read more
Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. The Imagined Lands 2. Locating the East 3. Exploring the East 4. Defining the East 5. Recasting the East 6. Anchoring the ‘Orient’ Select Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Radhika Seshan retired as Professor and Head, Department of History, Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly University of Pune), India, in July 2019, and is now Visiting Professor at the Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Pune. She has several publications including Trade and Politics on the Coromandel Coast: Seventeenth to Early Eighteenth Centuries (2012) and Ideas and Institutions in Medieval India: Eighth to Eighteenth Centuries (2013), as well as various edited volumes.
