| Grant number: | 14/26299-5 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |
| Effective date (Start): | August 01, 2015 |
| Effective date (End): | July 31, 2017 |
| Field of knowledge: | Humanities - History - Modern and Contemporary History |
| Acordo de Cooperação: | Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) |
| Principal Investigator: | Samira Adel Osman |
| Grantee: | Paula Carolina de Andrade Carvalho |
| Host Institution: | Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil |
Abstract This project will examine the dichotomy between the ideas of "civilization" - represented by the British imperialism - and "barbarity" - that appears in this study in the form of the representation of Islam. The object of study is the book "Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah", by Richard Francis Burton (1855-57). In this narrative, Islam and other cultural characteristics described as "oriental" work as ways for Burton to question the allegedly universal values of the British civilization. However, at the same time, he tends to reaffirm Britains pioneering role in colonialism. Thus, this project will investigate the representation of this dichotomy in the book. (AU) | |
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