Editors:
Offers an interdisciplinary and methodologically unique volume that challenges dichotomous notions of East and West
Uses a broad chronology to promote bold comparative reflections on travel writing in Asia across time and space
Revisits the debate on the production of knowledge about Asia by stressing curiosity and identity in travel writing
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Part of the book series: Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies (PSAPS)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This open access book provides an analysis of human actors and their capacity to explore and conceptualise their own agency by being curious, gathering knowledge, and shaping identities in their travel reflections on Asia. Thus, the actors open windows across time to present a profound overview of diverse descriptions and constructions of Asia. It is demonstrated that international and transnational history contributes to and benefits from analyses of national and local contexts that in turn enrich our understanding of transcultural encounters and experiences across time.
The book proposes an actor-centred contextual approach to travel writing to recount meaningful constructions of Asia’s physical, political and spiritual landscapes. It offers comparative reflections on the patterns of encounter across Eurasia, where from the late medieval period an idea of civilisation was transculturally shared yet also constantly questioned and reframed. Tailored for academic and public discussions alike, this volume will be invaluable for both scholars of Global History and interested audiences to stimulate further discussions on the nature of global encounters in Asia.
Keywords
- travel writing
- Asian networks
- Silk Roads
- Eurasian encounters
- intellectual history
- borders and identities
- curiosity in global history
- knowledge and Empire
- transnational culture
- transnational history
- imperial geographies
- imperial mobilities
- early globalisation
- ethnography and peripheries
- Open Access
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, China
Christian Mueller, Matteo Salonia
About the editors
Christian Mueller is Associate Professor in European and International History, University of Nottingham Ningbo China.
Matteo Salonia is Assistant Professor in European and International History, University of Nottingham Ningbo China.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Travel Writings on Asia
Book Subtitle: Curiosity, Identities, and Knowledge Across the East, c. 1200 to the Present
Editors: Christian Mueller, Matteo Salonia
Series Title: Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0124-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-0123-2Published: 10 June 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-0126-3Due: 11 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-0124-9Published: 09 June 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-7922
Series E-ISSN: 2662-7930
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 310
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Asian History, World History, Global and Transnational History, Archaeology, Social and Cultural Geography, Sociocultural Anthropology