A Vision of Yemen (eBook)

The Travels of a European Orientalist and His Native Guide, A Translation of Hayyim Habshush's Travelogue

Alan Verskin (Autor)

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2019
272 Seiten
Stanford University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5036-0774-3 (ISBN)

Infos

In 1869, Hayyim Habshush, a Yemeni Jew, accompanied the European orientalist Joseph Halevy on his archaeological tour of Yemen. Twenty years later, Habshush wrote A Vision of Yemen, a memoir of their travels, that provides a vivid account of daily life, religion, and politics. More than a simple travelogue, it is a work of trickster-tales, thick anthropological descriptions, and reflections on Jewish-Muslim relations. At its heart lies the fractious and intimate relationship between the Yemeni coppersmith and the "e;enlightened"e; European scholar and the collision between the cultures each represents. The book thus offers a powerful indigenous response to European Orientalism.This edition is the first English translation of Habshush's writings from the original Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew and includes an accessible historical introduction to the work. The translation maintains Habshush's gripping style and rich portrayal of the diverse communities and cultures of Yemen, offering a potent mixture of artful storytelling and cultural criticism, suffused with humor and empathy. Habshush writes about the daily lives of men and women, rich and poor, Jewish and Muslim, during a turbulent period of war and both Ottoman and European imperialist encroachment. With this translation, Alan Verskin recovers the lost voice of a man passionately committed to his land and people.

Autor

Alan Verskin is Associate Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.1.2019
• Zusatzinfo: 4 halftones
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Schlagworte: Arab Jews • Ḥayyim Ḥabshūsh • Joseph Halévy • Judeo-Arabic • Muslim-Jewish relations • native guide • Orientalism • Travel Literature • Tribes • Yemen
• ISBN-10: 1-5036-0774-7 / 1503607747
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5036-0774-3 / 9781503607743