TY - JOUR
AU - Constable, Olivia Remie
AB - Middle East and Northern Africa 1607 national Journal of Middle East Studies (1971). Despite chapters in the book, which first give attention to the such problems, this addition to the increasing collection collection of auditory information through travel to of survey books on medieval Islamic civilization pro- study with had
 ıth transmitters or to listen to Bedouin vides a welcome introduction to the field. Arabic, then go on to discuss geographical and mystical AYEB EL-HIBRI T accounts that emphasize visual data and sights person- University of Massachusetts, ally witnessed by the author. This conceptualization is Amherst illuminating and brings new insights to the develop- ment of the travel genre. Unfortunately, semi-invented English words like “autopsia” (glossed as “knowledge OUARI TOUATI. Islam and Travel in the Middle Ages. through sight” [p. 269]) can impede straightforward YDIA G. COCHRANE. Chicago: University Translated by L comprehension. One wonders why the already slightly of Chicago Press. 2010. Pp. ix, 305. $55.00. odd French autopsie was not simply translated into Eng- In this eye-opening study of medieval Islamic travel lish as “eyewitness,” or perhaps more fittingly, denoted (translated from the French original, Islam et voyage au with either the Arabic musha 
 hada (“seeing 
TI - Houari TouatiIslam and Travel in the Middle Ages. Translated by Lydia G.Cochrane. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2010. Pp. ix, 305. $55.00.
JO - The American Historical Review
DO - 10.1086/ahr.116.5.1607
DA - 2011-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/houari-touatiislam-and-travel-in-the-middle-ages-translated-by-lydia-g-Y3NBFrAqU2
SP - 1607
EP - 1607
VL - 116
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
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