Russia and Iran in the great game : travelogues and orientalism / Elena Andreeva.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:New York, NY : Routledge, 2007وصف:273 pages ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780415771535 (hbk)
- 0415771536 (hbk)
- 9780415781534
- DS255.5 .A53 2007
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DS255.5 .A53 2007 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000093101 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DS255.5 .A53 2007 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30020000010272 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Setting the stage -- 2. Orientalism Russian style; The concept of orientalism: Western European version; Russian national identity and Russian orientalism -- 3. Overview of the Russian travelogues and their authors; Pre-Nineteenth Century Russian travelogues about Iran; The main features of the Russian travelogues about Iran in the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries; The authors of the travelogues -- 4. The travelers' missions in Iran; Russian military aims and activities in Iran; Russian diplomacy in Iran; Russian emigrants in Iran; Russian trade in Iran -- 5. The travelers' self-representation vis-à-vis the Oriental 'other' and the British 'self' -- 6. The 'travelees': representation of Iran and her people by the Russian travelers; 'Power of the gaze'; The 'travelees': manners and morals -- 7. The 'travelees': education, culture and society; Iran as 'a country of ruins' -- 8. Islam as perceived by the Russian travelers -- 9. Gender and ethnicity; Iranian women and prosaic harems; The travelers' religious and ethnic preferences -- 10. Travelers and travelees; Russians through Iranian eyes as imagined by the travelers (discourse with themselves); 'Anti-romanticism' -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Map: Iran before World War I -- Travelogues -- What is a travelogue? -- Classification of travelogues -- The popularity of travelogues.