Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 10:20:06 +0100
Subject: Re: Question re. locals writing about travelers




Dear Suha,

you may want to try Julia Kristeva's Etrangers à nous-mêmes (I am sure there is
an English translation) if you haven't already come across that. It's a study on
the role of "the stranger" in Europe with lots of historical background
information that goes all the way back to the ancient Greeks and deals with the
society's view on exiles, outcasts etc. It is not a primary source in itself,
but in the footnotes, you will find lots of references to material that could be
interesting for you.

Swenja

"Kamran D. Rastegar" schrieb:

> For accounts of foreign travelers/exiles in Europe... a couple of
> suggestions:
>
> Wilfred Scawen Blunt - My diaries, being a personal narrative of events,
> 1888-1914 and Wilfred Scawen Blunt - Secret history of the English
> occupation of Egypt; being a personal narrative of events.
>
> Both of these contain discussions about certain exiled/travelling
> Arab and Iranian intellectuals in Great Britain, among many other issues.
> I can't recall which it is, but one has a lengthy discussion of the
> travels of Jamal al-Din Afghani (aka Asad-Abadi) in England, as Blunt's
> guest. Blunt was an eccentric anti-imperialist aristocrat who made common
> cause with many of the Middle East's anti-colonial intellectuals of his day.
>
> -KR
>
> On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 suhak-AT-canada.com wrote:
>
> > Hello to all,
> >
> > I would like know if there is any
> > literature/accounts/writings by local people in the
> > West (Europe/North America) about non-Western visitors
> > who either studied, were exiled to Western cities, or,
> > for some reason, happened to visit for a long time
> > during the 18-19th century, or earlier.
> >
> > Also, if you can suggest material related to writings
> > about non-Westerners visiting other non-Western
> > countries (or vise versa: writings about Westerners
> > visiting non-Western places), that would be great too.
> >
> > I can easily find material about travel writings (i.e.
> > people who wrote about their travels), but I am having
> > difficulty locating any writings of people who
> > met/encountered visitors/tourists/students passing by
> > their cities? Any clues, suggestions, please let me
> > know.
> >
> > THX to all & happy holidays,
> >
> > Suha Kudsieh
> >
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