Narrating the Pilgrimage to Mecca: Historical and Contemporary Accounts

Narrating the pilgrimage to Mecca discusses a wide variety of historical and contemporary personal accounts of the pilgrimage to Mecca, most of which presented in English for the first time. The book addresses how being situated in a specific cultural context and moment in history informs the meanings attributed to the pilgrimage experience. The various contributions reflect on how, in their stories, pilgrims draw on multiple cultural discourses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004513167
• ISBN13: 9789004513167
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 9.78 lbs.