{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2980246440","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367809157","title":"The Constructions of the East in Western Travel Narratives, 1200 CE to 1800 CE","display_name":"The Constructions of the East in Western Travel Narratives, 1200 CE to 1800 CE","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-09-11","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2980246440","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367809157","mag":"2980246440"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.4324/9780367809157","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367809157","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367809157","pdf_url":"https://api.taylorfrancis.com/content/books/mono/download?identifierName=doi&identifierValue=10.4324/9780367809157&type=googlepdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306463855","display_name":"Routledge eBooks","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319847","host_organization_name":"Routledge","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319847","https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Routledge","Taylor & Francis"],"type":"ebook platform"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"monograph"},"volume":null,"type":"book","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"bronze","oa_url":"https://api.taylorfrancis.com/content/books/mono/download?identifierName=doi&identifierValue=10.4324/9780367809157&type=googlepdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5079106858","display_name":"Radhika Seshan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5388-6939","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5388-6939"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I878213199","display_name":"Savitribai Phule Pune University","ror":"https://ror.org/044g6d731","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I878213199"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Radhika Seshan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Retired Professor of History, Pune, India.,Savitribai Phule Pune University, India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Retired Professor of History, Pune, India.,Savitribai Phule Pune University, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I878213199"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5079106858"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I878213199"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.5185,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.87269703,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":93,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13575","display_name":"Travel Writing and Literature","score":0.9911999702453613,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1202","display_name":"History"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13575","display_name":"Travel Writing and Literature","score":0.9911999702453613,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1202","display_name":"History"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12890","display_name":"Eurasian Exchange Networks","score":0.003000000026077032,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3314","display_name":"Anthropology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12999","display_name":"Medieval History and Crusades","score":0.0020000000949949026,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1202","display_name":"History"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/orient","display_name":"Orient","score":0.46399998664855957},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/representation-of-the-east","display_name":"representation of the East","score":0.6259999871253967},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/western-perceptions-of-india","display_name":"Western perceptions of India","score":0.6990000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/travel-writing","display_name":"travel writing","score":0.8579999804496765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/stereotypes","display_name":"stereotypes","score":0.5590000152587891},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/marco-polo","display_name":"Marco Polo","score":0.7940000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/prester-john","display_name":"Prester John","score":0.8569999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/medieval-travel","display_name":"medieval travel","score":0.48899999260902405},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/history-of-travel","display_name":"history of travel","score":0.49000000953674316}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199033989","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318295","display_name":"Narrative","level":2,"score":0.6829978227615356},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.4092161953449249},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.4060532748699188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124952713","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8242","display_name":"Literature","level":1,"score":0.2202654480934143},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142362112","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735","display_name":"Art","level":0,"score":0.2106717824935913}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.4324/9780367809157","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367809157","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367809157","pdf_url":"https://api.taylorfrancis.com/content/books/mono/download?identifierName=doi&identifierValue=10.4324/9780367809157&type=googlepdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306463855","display_name":"Routledge eBooks","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319847","host_organization_name":"Routledge","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319847","https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Routledge","Taylor & Francis"],"type":"ebook platform"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"monograph"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.4324/9780367809157","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367809157","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367809157","pdf_url":"https://api.taylorfrancis.com/content/books/mono/download?identifierName=doi&identifierValue=10.4324/9780367809157&type=googlepdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306463855","display_name":"Routledge eBooks","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319847","host_organization_name":"Routledge","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319847","https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Routledge","Taylor & Francis"],"type":"ebook platform"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"monograph"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2980246440.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2980246440.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":31,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W289316558","https://openalex.org/W394202749","https://openalex.org/W598337784","https://openalex.org/W614087193","https://openalex.org/W622005513","https://openalex.org/W646856085","https://openalex.org/W1489850042","https://openalex.org/W1499755987","https://openalex.org/W1528028865","https://openalex.org/W1534812335","https://openalex.org/W1586246143","https://openalex.org/W1969786419","https://openalex.org/W1980501609","https://openalex.org/W2150365793","https://openalex.org/W2278444345","https://openalex.org/W2290468672","https://openalex.org/W2333923585","https://openalex.org/W2505125765","https://openalex.org/W2563612331","https://openalex.org/W2797115468","https://openalex.org/W2799039442","https://openalex.org/W3118786065","https://openalex.org/W3194635020","https://openalex.org/W4235737302","https://openalex.org/W4253936588","https://openalex.org/W4289253089","https://openalex.org/W6601633629","https://openalex.org/W6605284884","https://openalex.org/W6611177140","https://openalex.org/W6631580410","https://openalex.org/W6777036675"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2980017367","https://openalex.org/W2333667394","https://openalex.org/W4213136472","https://openalex.org/W2328619221","https://openalex.org/W2625607382","https://openalex.org/W3006781238","https://openalex.org/W1866752268","https://openalex.org/W2980026299","https://openalex.org/W7000450368","https://openalex.org/W7169639873"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"book":[1,137],"investigates":[2],"how":[3,46,131],"the":[4,7,15,18,33,39,63,76,83,90,99,114,117,124],"idea":[5],"of":[6,79,86,93,102,105,109,116,140,147,152],"\u2018east\u2019":[8],"emerged":[9],"in":[10,69,73,129,162],"western":[11],"travel":[12,24,163],"narratives":[13,25,133],"between":[14],"13th":[16],"and":[17,28,59,71,107,145,158],"18th":[19],"centuries.":[20],"Sifting":[21],"through":[22],"critical":[23],"\u2014":[26,30],"real":[27],"imagined":[29],"it":[31,120],"locates":[32],"changing":[34],"geography":[35],"as":[36,38,119],"well":[37],"perceptions":[40],"surrounding":[41],"India.":[42],"The":[43],"author":[44],"presents":[45],"historical":[47],"stereotypes":[48],"interacted":[49],"with":[50],"a":[51],"burgeoning":[52],"demand":[53],"for":[54],"travelogues":[55],"during":[56],"this":[57,111,136],"period":[58],"have":[60],"fed":[61],"into":[62],"way":[64],"we":[65],"think":[66],"about":[67],"Asia":[68],"general,":[70],"India":[72],"particular.":[74],"From":[75],"mythical":[77],"travels":[78],"Prester":[80],"John":[81],"to":[82,98,143],"enigmatic":[84],"\u2018adventures\u2019":[85],"Marco":[87],"Polo,":[88],"from":[89],"fraught":[91],"voyages":[92],"Johannes":[94],"Plano":[95],"de":[96],"Carpini":[97],"missionary":[100],"zeal":[101],"Friar":[103],"Odoric":[104],"Pordenone":[106],"William":[108],"Rubruquis,":[110],"volume":[112],"traces":[113],"history":[115,151],"\u2018Orient\u2019":[118],"was":[121],"understood":[122],"by":[123],"west.":[125],"A":[126],"major":[127],"intervention":[128],"understanding":[130],"popular":[132],"shape":[134],"history,":[135,148,150],"will":[138],"be":[139],"great":[141],"interest":[142],"scholars":[144],"researchers":[146],"medieval":[149],"travel,":[153],"world":[154],"literature,":[155],"postcolonial":[156],"studies,":[157],"general":[159],"readers":[160],"interested":[161],"narratives.":[164]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-10-04T09:36:47.201465","created_date":"2019-10-18T00:00:00"}