À la recherche de la race arabe : cheval et voyage en Arabie centrale au XIXe siècle
It is a fact that Central Arabia was long overlooked by the exploration expeditions which in the 19th century endeavoured to methodically criss-cross the world. The author notes that travellers who eventually undertook the journey — especially Carlo Guarmani and the Blunts — were particularly keen t...
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| description | It is a fact that Central Arabia was long overlooked by the exploration expeditions which in the 19th century endeavoured to methodically criss-cross the world. The author notes that travellers who eventually undertook the journey — especially Carlo Guarmani and the Blunts — were particularly keen to find Arabian purebred horses, often the prime motivator of these expeditions. The somewhat paradoxical nature of such a quest –as horses can barely survive in such an arid environment- suggests a change in mentalities concerning representations of the desert which, in the post-romantic era, is no longer perceived as a hostile and repulsive frontier, but rather a positive geographical entity: the cradle of noble races—the concept becomes authoritative then - with special virtues. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-046612ec252a49df80ca538b0c0ac5c12024-02-14T09:17:31ZengCentre Français d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales de SanaaArabian Humanities2308-6122810.4000/cy.3321À la recherche de la race arabe : cheval et voyage en Arabie centrale au XIXe siècleFrançois PouillonIt is a fact that Central Arabia was long overlooked by the exploration expeditions which in the 19th century endeavoured to methodically criss-cross the world. The author notes that travellers who eventually undertook the journey — especially Carlo Guarmani and the Blunts — were particularly keen to find Arabian purebred horses, often the prime motivator of these expeditions. The somewhat paradoxical nature of such a quest –as horses can barely survive in such an arid environment- suggests a change in mentalities concerning representations of the desert which, in the post-romantic era, is no longer perceived as a hostile and repulsive frontier, but rather a positive geographical entity: the cradle of noble races—the concept becomes authoritative then - with special virtues.https://journals.openedition.org/cy/3321deserthorseCentral ArabiaexplorationBedouin |
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| title | À la recherche de la race arabe : cheval et voyage en Arabie centrale au XIXe siècle |
| title_full | À la recherche de la race arabe : cheval et voyage en Arabie centrale au XIXe siècle |
| title_fullStr | À la recherche de la race arabe : cheval et voyage en Arabie centrale au XIXe siècle |
| title_full_unstemmed | À la recherche de la race arabe : cheval et voyage en Arabie centrale au XIXe siècle |
| title_short | À la recherche de la race arabe : cheval et voyage en Arabie centrale au XIXe siècle |
| title_sort | a la recherche de la race arabe cheval et voyage en arabie centrale au xixe siecle |
| topic | desert horse Central Arabia exploration Bedouin |
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