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- Condition
- EAN
- 9781503607736
- ISBN
- 1503607739
- Binding
- TP
- Book Title
- A Vision of Yemen: The Travels of a European Orien
- Subject Area
- Biography & Autobiography, Travel, History, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Vision of Yemen : The Travels of a European Orientalist and His Native Guide, a Translation of Hayyim Habshush's Travelogue
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Adventurers & Explorers, Essays & Travelogues, Middle East / Arabian Peninsula, Customs & Traditions, Jewish
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 23.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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In 1869, Hayyim Habshush, a Yemeni Jew, accompanied the European orientalist Joseph Halévy on his archaeological tour of Yemen. Twenty years later, Habshush wrote A Vision of Yemen , a memoir of their travels, that provides a vivid account of daily life, religion, and politics. More than a simple travelogue, it is a work of trickster-tales, thick anthropological descriptions, and reflections on Jewish-Muslim relations. At its heart lies the fractious and intimate relationship between the Yemeni coppersmith and the "enlightened" European scholar and the collision between the cultures each represents. The book thus offers a powerful indigenous response to European Orientalism. This edition is the first English translation of Habshush's writings from the original Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew and includes an accessible historical introduction to the work. The translation maintains Habshush's gripping style and rich portrayal of the diverse communities and cultures of Yemen, offering a potent mixture of artful storytelling and cultural criticism, suffused with humor and empathy. Habshush writes about the daily lives of men and women, rich and poor, Jewish and Muslim, during a turbulent period of war and both Ottoman and European imperialist encroachment. With this translation, Alan Verskin recovers the lost voice of a man passionately committed to his land and people.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Stanford University Press
ISBN-10
1503607739
ISBN-13
9781503607736
eBay Product ID (ePID)
242571171
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Vision of Yemen : The Travels of a European Orientalist and His Native Guide, a Translation of Hayyim Habshush's Travelogue
Publication Year
2019
Subject
Adventurers & Explorers, Essays & Travelogues, Middle East / Arabian Peninsula, Customs & Traditions, Jewish
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, History, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2018-016759
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
" A Vision in Yemen reveals Hayyim Habshush's remarkable curiosity about his own society in nineteenth-century Yemen and its ancient history. With his masterful translation, Alan Verskin elucidates time and place for modern readers, bringing Habshush and his European interlocutors to life."--Brinkley Messick, Columbia University, A Vision in Yemen reveals Hayyim Habshush's remarkable curiosity about his own society in nineteenth-century Yemen and its ancient history. With his masterful translation, Alan Verskin elucidates time and place for modern readers, bringing Habshush and his European interlocutors to life., "Alan Verskin has provided a masterful translation of Hayyim Habshush's gripping account of his travels and a rare and intimate glimpse into Jewish and Muslim life in the Arabian hinterlands. A Vision of Yemen should be of great interest not only to students and scholars of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern history, but also to the wider audience of travel literature."--Norman A. Stillman, University of Oklahoma, "Alan Verskin's book goes a long way in countering the various orientalist tropes that have often characterised our understanding of Yemeni Jews by rendering accessible the travelogue A Vision of Yemen ....It enhances our understanding of encounters between East and West, and more importantly is a testament to Muslim-Jewish relations in the Middle East just as cacophonous sectarian voices dominate the region's public discourse."--Thanos Petouris, Asian Affairs
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
953.304
Lc Classification Number
Ds247.Y42h313 2018
Copyright Date
2019
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