In Light of Another's Word European Ethnography in the Middle Ages |
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| Author:
| Khanmohamadi, Shirin A. |
| Series title: | The Middle Ages Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-4562-2 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $59.95 |
Book Description:
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Challenging the traditional conception of medieval Europe as insular and xenophobic, Shirin A. Khanmohamadi's In Light of Another's Word looks to early ethnographic writers who were surprisingly aware of their own otherness, especially when faced with the far-flung peoples and cultures they meant to describe.
Challenging the traditional conception of medieval Europe as insular and xenophobic, Shirin A. Khanmohamadi's In Light of Another's Word looks to early ethnographic writers who were surprisingly aware of their own otherness, especially when faced with the far-flung peoples and cultures they meant to describe.