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Taken for Wonder

Naghmeh Sohrabi
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      Taken for Wonder focuses on nineteenth century travelogues authored by Iranians in Europe and argues for a methodological shift from the study of travel to that of writing travel. This shift allows for a different interpretive framework that moves away from an over-emphasis on the destinations of travel (particularly in cases where the destination, like Europe, signifies larger meanings such as modernity) and which historicizes the travelogue itself as arhetorical text in the service of its origin's concerns and developments. Within this framework, this book demonstrates the ways in which travel writings to Europe were used to position Qajar Iran (1917-1925) within a global context, i.e. narration of travel to Europe was also narrating the power of the Qajarcourt even when political events were tipped against it; and relatedly, how both travel to Europe and also translations of travel narratives into Persian should be included in our understanding of the importance of geography and mapping to the Qajars, especially during the latter half of the nineteenth century. In this process, it also re-examines the notion that Iranian modernity was the chief outcome of Iranians travelling in and writing about Europe.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Naghmeh Sohrabi EAN: 9780199829705 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 388 g HEIGHT: 236 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2012-05-31 CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern WIDTH: 163 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Iran, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Travel writing

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      Naghmeh Sohrabi is Lecturer in History at Brandeis University.
      Taken for Wonder focuses on nineteenth century travelogues authored by Iranians in Europe and argues for a methodological shift from the study of travel to that of writing travel. This shift allows for a different interpretive framework that moves away from an over-emphasis on the destinations of travel (particularly in cases where the destination, like Europe, signifies larger meanings such as modernity) and which historicizes the travelogue itself as arhetorical text in the service of its origin's concerns and developments. Within this framework, this book demonstrates the ways in which travel writings to Europe were used to position Qajar Iran (1917-1925) within a global context, i.e. narration of travel to Europe was also narrating the power of the Qajarcourt even when political events were tipped against it; and relatedly, how both travel to Europe and also translations of travel narratives into Persian should be included in our understanding of the importance of geography and mapping to the Qajars, especially during the latter half of the nineteenth century. In this process, it also re-examines the notion that Iranian modernity was the chief outcome of Iranians travelling in and writing about Europe.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Naghmeh Sohrabi EAN: 9780199829705 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 388 g HEIGHT: 236 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2012-05-31 CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern WIDTH: 163 cm SPINE:

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      Iran, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Travel writing

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      Naghmeh Sohrabi is Lecturer in History at Brandeis University.

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