Occidentalist perceptions of European architecture in nineteenth-century Persian travel diaries : travels in farangi space

Occidentalist perceptions of European architecture in nineteenth-century Persian travel diaries travels in farangi space

In the midst of Europe’s nineteenth-century industrial revolution, four men embarked on separate journeys to the wondrous Farangestan – a land of fascinating objects, mysterious technologies, heavenly women, and magical spaces. Determined to learn the secret of Farangestan’s advancements, the travel...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Vahdat Zad, Vahid., author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Taylor & Francis 2017
2017.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Space (Architecture) > Europe > Foreign public opinion, Iranian.
East and West.
Travelers' writings, Persian > 19th century > History and criticism.
Iranians > Travel > Europe > History > 19th century.
Iranians > Diaries.
Europe > Civilization > 19th century.
Iran > Intellectual life > 19th century.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421113006719
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The first brick
  • 2. Modernity in a suitcase
  • 3. When worlds collide
  • 4. Imagining the modern
  • 5. Tajaddod as a discourse.

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