Victorian perceptions of Islam were not monochrome; some saw beyond stereotypical images, others reproduced them. In this study, the accounts of six Victorians outline the contrast of the two perceptions. It suggests that presuppositions, not encounters per se, determine how we see cultural and religious others.
| ISBN: | 9781607246732 |
| Publication date: | 8th January 2014 |
| Author: | Clinton Bennett |
| Publisher: | Gorgias Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 216 pages |
| Series: | Gorgias Islamic Studies |
| Genres: |
Middle Eastern history |