Representation of popular culture in Khorasan, according to the views of European travelers in the Qajar era
Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical researchReza Musabadi 1 , Batool fakhreslam 2
1 - city
2 - city
Keywords: Community, Travelogue, Khorasan, folklore,
Abstract :
In the context of historical studies, travel logs are important because of their social and cultural content. Therefore, the present article seeks to explain how and why travel writers and European tourists look at the social and cultural status of Khorasan in the Qajar era. Using librarianship method, this article reviews and criticizes the opinions of these travelers about the reflection of the social and cultural situation of the Khorasan community in the Qajar era by referring to European travelogues and descriptive-analytical methods. The results of this research show that in a general outcome, features such as superficiality, Europeanism, colonial and humiliation, dominated by the majority of Western travel journalists, have led, in some cases, to the social and cultural situation of Khorasan by travelers The west is reversed and away from reality. Also, they sometimes ignored the multiple functions of social and cultural conditions in Khorasan and magnified their weaknesses.
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