The article is about German-speaking travelers of the 19th century, who traveled to the so called „Orient“. In particular the remarks point out the description of oriental cities in the reports as the central theme. Based on comparison between text passages of different authors the main features and similarities will be presented. It will be stated, that the description of cities is stronlgy influenced by stereotypes and wrong expectations. That emerged from the lack of objective literature and informations about the characteristic of oriental cities. In addition to that the authors report from a eurocentric perspective. The idea of a superior occident compared to the orient dominates also the description of the visited cities. Only in one of the cited reports this element is largely missing. The author was interestingly in contrast to the others not an envoy or scholar. He was a pious journeyman.
Bachmann,F. (2021). Do you see the city? Remarks on the description of „oriental cities“ in German-language travel reports from the 19th century. Spektrum Iran, 34(1), 17-34. doi: 10.22034/spektrum.2021.184657
MLA
Bachmann,F. . "Do you see the city? Remarks on the description of „oriental cities“ in German-language travel reports from the 19th century", Spektrum Iran, 34, 1, 2021, 17-34. doi: 10.22034/spektrum.2021.184657
HARVARD
Bachmann F. (2021). 'Do you see the city? Remarks on the description of „oriental cities“ in German-language travel reports from the 19th century', Spektrum Iran, 34(1), pp. 17-34. doi: 10.22034/spektrum.2021.184657
CHICAGO
F. Bachmann, "Do you see the city? Remarks on the description of „oriental cities“ in German-language travel reports from the 19th century," Spektrum Iran, 34 1 (2021): 17-34, doi: 10.22034/spektrum.2021.184657
VANCOUVER
Bachmann F. Do you see the city? Remarks on the description of „oriental cities“ in German-language travel reports from the 19th century. SPIR, 2021; 34(1): 17-34. doi: 10.22034/spektrum.2021.184657
