Author: Roxanne L. Euben
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: muslim, princeton, studies, knowledge, politicsp, travelers, shore, western, journeys, search
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2008-07-01
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 0691138400
ISBN-13: 9780691138404

The contemporary world is increasingly defined by dizzying flows of people and ideas. But while Western travel is associated with a pioneering spirit of discovery, the dominant image of Muslim mobility is the jihadi who travels not to learn but to destroy. Journeys to the Other Shore challenges these stereotypes by charting the common ways in which Muslim and Western travelers negotiate the dislocation of travel to unfamiliar and strange worlds. In Roxanne Euben’s groundbreaking excursion across cultures, geography, history, genre, and genders, travel signifies not only a physical moveme