The Life of the Red Sea Dhow: A Cultural History of Seaborne Exploration in the Islamic WorldBloomsbury Publishing, 4 avr. 2019 - 384 pages Few images are as evocative as the silhouette of the Arab dhow as, under full sail, it tacks to windward on glittering waters of Red Sea before moving across the face of the rising or setting sun. In this authoritative new book, Dionisius A. Agius, one of the foremost scholars of Islamic material culture, offers a lucid and wide-ranging history of the iconic dhow from medieval to modern times. Traversing the Arabian and African coasts, he shows that the dhow was central not just to commerce but to the vital transmission and exchange of ideas. Discussing trade and salt routes, shoals and wind patterns, spice harvest seasons and the deep and resonant connection between language, memory and oral tradition, this is the first book to place the dhow in its full and remarkable cultural contexts. |
Table des matières
The Sanbūks of the Red | |
The Northern and Southern Red | 14 |
The ship the coast and the anchorage know us | 30 |
Eating Resting and Entertainment | 44 |
This Dangerous | 54 |
Winds and Sails | 64 |
The Red Sea Dhow Trade | 83 |
Fishing and Shell Collecting | 104 |
The Early Modern Period | |
The Red Sea Sailing Dhow | |
Sites Skills and Techniques | |
Documenting and Remembering Old Dhows | |
The Slave Trade and Gun Running in the Southern Red | 122 |
Interacting with Nature the Spirits and the Supernatural | 135 |
Recollections and Reflections | 147 |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Life of the Red Sea Dhow: A Cultural History of Seaborne Exploration in ... Dionisius A. Agius Aucun aperçu disponible - 2019 |
The Life of the Red Sea Dhow: A Cultural History of Seaborne Exploration in ... Dionisius A. Agius Aucun aperçu disponible - 2019 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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