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Record Nr.

UNINA9910482021803321

Autore

Vahdat Zad Vahid

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis, 2017

New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-54751-1

1-134-75931-2

1-134-75938-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

720.94/09034

Soggetti

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

Europe Civilization 19th century

Iran Intellectual life 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The first brick -- 2. Modernity in a suitcase -- 3. When worlds collide -- 4. Imagining the modern -- 5. Tajaddod as a discourse.

Sommario/riassunto

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 travelers kept detailed records of their observations. These diaries mapped an aspirational path to progress for curious Iranian audiences who were eager to change the course of history. Two



hundred years 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 travelers, the book paints a picture of European architecture that is nothing like what one would expect.