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Description of  Hajj Travelogues: Texts and Contexts from the 12th Century Until 1950 (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the Near and Middle East, 180)

9004514023 pdf In Hajj travelogues Richard van Leeuwen outlines a neglected field of research. Apart from a description of important travelogues, the texts are situated in their discursive and historical contexts, and analysed as a medium to construct and convey religious subjectivity.