Journeys to the other shore Muslim and Western travelers in search of knowledge - Euben, Roxanne Leslie 1966- (Princeton University Press, 2008)
Originally published: 2006
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-301) and index
The contemporary world is increasingly defined by dizzying flows of people and ideas. But while Western travel is associated with a pioneering spirit of discovery, the dominant image of Muslim mobility is the jihadi who travels not to learn but to destroy. Journeys to the Other Shore challenges these stereotypes by charting the common ways in which Muslim and Western travelers negotiate the dislocation of travel to unfamiliar and strange worlds. In Roxanne Euben's groundbreaking excursion across cultures, geography, history, genre, and genders, travel signifies not only a physical movement acr