
Practices of Coexistence
Constructions of the Other in Early Modern Perceptions
Central European University Press
Published on 15. June 2017
Book
Hardback
242 pages
978-963-386-149-3 (ISBN)
Description
The essays in this book provide interesting contributions to the ongoing debate concerning the representation of differing cultures, i.e., the "image of the Other" in the early modern period . They deal with images, projections, and perceptions, based on various experiences of coexistence. Although the individual contributions contain sources and references of iconography, this is not just another volume of art history or visual studies. As examples of practices in diverse historical contexts, the book includes a variety of textual material, such as literary productions, rhetorical exercises, dramatic applications, chronicles, epistles, and diary-like historical accounts that express ethnographic sensitivities. Thus, supported by a thorough research apparatus, these studies propose a new cultural history of the early modern coexistence of various communities, as identified in current research by young scholars. Another novel feature of the volume is the deliberate digression of traditional scholars' focus and the investigation of rarely examined regions and practices. This approach allows the contributors to spotlight their special areas of research and to share a fresh new look at "the Renaissance."
Reviews / Votes
"The contributions in the volume collectively constitute a timely addition to the existing body of scholarship that has sought to problematize entrenched categories in the study of transnational political and cultural contacts between East and West, and to propose new models to better understand the complex processes of image-making that sparked from political coexistence in the early modern period." * World Literature Studies *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Budapest
Hungary
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
510 gr
ISBN-13
978-963-386-149-3 (9789633861493)
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Marianna D. Birnbaum | Marcell Sebok
Practices of Coexistence
Constructions of the Other in Early Modern Perceptions
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Persons
Marianna D. Birnbaum is Research Professor in the Department of Germanic Languages at UCLA. She is also involved in the Medieval Studies Department's programs at the Central European University, Budapest.
Marcell Sebok is Assistant Professor at the Department of Medieval Studies of Central European University.
Marcell Sebok is Assistant Professor at the Department of Medieval Studies of Central European University.
Content
Introduction, The Good Fowler as a World Conqueror: Images of Suleyman the Magnificent in Early Modern Hungarian Literary Practice, Repercussions of a Murder: The Death of Sehzade Mustafa on the Early Modern English Stage, Constructing a Self-Image in the Image of the Other: Pope Pius II's Letter to Sultan Mehmed II, Topography of a Society: Muslims, Dwellers, and Customs of Algiers in Antonio de Sosa's Topographia, e Historia General de Argel, The Ragusan Image of Venice and the Venetian Image of Ragusa in the Early Modern Period, All Moldavian Eyes on Ottomans: Perceptions and Representations at the End of the Fifteenth Century, List of Contributors, Index