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Książka urodzonego w Stambule Irvina Schicka, profesora Uniwersytetu Harvarda, jest niezwykle udanym przedsięwzięciem badawczym z zakresu humanistycznych badań interdyscyplinarnych, jest świetnie napisana, a tekst imponuje ogromną bibliografią i niezwykłą erudycją autora, który potrafił wykorzystać dorobek zarówno najwybitniejszych teoretyków współczesnej humanistyki, jak i klasyków antropologii kulturowej z Bronisławem Malinowskim na czele. Autor zwraca uwagę doskonałą znajomością bogatej literatury poświęconej percepcji Orientu w kulturze Zachodu, ze szczególną...

Gender and sexuality have long held an important place in western attitudes towards the people and regions of the world--from the titillating accounts of harem life in the Middle East to terrifying captivity narratives of North America. "The Erotic Margin "is a first attempt to pull together the large, disparate, and often contradictory literature, and view it as a corpus. Schick argues that such images served to construct spatial difference, and thereby helped Europe represent its own place in the world during an age of rapid geographical expansion.
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From Spain to China, Islamic architecture and calligraphy are inexorably intertwined. Mosques, dervish lodges, mausolea, libraries, even baths and market places bear masterpieces of calligraphy that rival the most refined of books and scrolls. This major reference work focuses on architectural inscriptions through the Muslim world, some going back to the Middle Ages, others dating from our own lifetime. What were the purposes of these inscriptions? How do they infuse buildings with culturally specific meanings, sacred or profane? What do they add to architectural design? What sorts of...