国立民族学博物館(みんぱく)は、博物館をもった文化人類学・民族学の研究所です。

館外での出版物

The Arabian Nights and Orientalism ★

2006年6月11日刊行

山中由里子西尾哲夫 著

英国・ロンドン IB Tauris&Co., Ltd

出版物情報

主題・内容

The Arabian Nights and Orientalism in Resonance was especially commissioned to celebrate the tercentenary of the first Western edition of The Arabian Nights. This volume marries Western and Japanese perspectives on The Arabian Nights to provide a fascinating study of how this literary phenomenon brought about a unique and rich cross-cultural fertilization. The volume is divided into three sections: the first part deals with narrative motifs and styles; the second part examines the 'Nights' from a comparative point of view and the third part unfolds the relationship between the written text and its pictorial representation. Extensively illustrated throughout, The Arabian Nights and Orientalism in Resonance will be of interest to scholars of the Middle East as well as anyone who has ever fallen under the spell of Scheherazade's stories.