Main entry:

Vahdat, Vahid, author.

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2017.

Description:

x, 190 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--Texas A & M University, 2014) under the title: Imagining the modern : an Occidentalist perception and representation of farangi architecture and urbanism in 19th-Century Persian travel diaries.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-186) and index.
The first brick -- Modernity in a suitcase -- When worlds collide -- Imagining the modern -- Tajaddod as a discourse -- Appendices: Abolhasan's itinerary ; Mirza Saleh's itinerary ; Rezaqoli's itinerary ; Farrokh-Khan's itinerary.

Summary:

"In the midst of Europe's nineteenth-century industrial revolution, four men embarked on separate journey's 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 travelers kept detailed records of their observations. These diaries mapped an aspirational path to progress for curious Iranian audiences who were eager to change teh course of history. Two hundred year later, Travels in Farangi space unpacks these writings to reveal a challenging new interpretation of Iran's experience of modernity. This book opens the Persian travelers' long-forgotten suitcases, and analyzes the descriptions contained within to gain insight into Occidentalist perspectives on modern Europe. By carefully tracing the physical and mental journeys of these trabelers, the book paints a picture of European architecture that is nothing like what one would expect"--Back cover.

ISBN:

9781472473943 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1472473949 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9780367207793 (paperback)
0367207796 (paperback)
(ebook)
9781315547510

Subject:

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.
Écrits de voyageurs persans 19e siècle Histoire et critique.
Iraniens Voyages Europe Histoire 19e siècle.
Iraniens Journaux intimes.
Civilization.
Intellectual life.
Iranians.
Travelers' writings, Persian.
Europe Civilization 19th century.
Iran Intellectual life 19th century.
Europe Civilisation 19e siècle.
Europe.
Iran.

Form/genre:

Theses.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Diaries.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294954
Call No.: BIB 240884
Status: Available