Power, Marginality, and the Body in Medieval Islam
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Power, Marginality, and the Body in Medieval Islam

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  2. English
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Power, Marginality, and the Body in Medieval Islam

About this book

From rulers to uninvited guests, from women to thieves, from dreams to names, from blindness to torture - in a series of ground-breaking studies, Power, Marginality, and the Body in Medieval Islam explores the multi-layered and complex textual universe of medieval Islam. The power of the ruler sits alongside the power of the trickster, as games of detection and verbal erudition are displayed for the edification of the reader. Humour is not lacking either as male and female characters indulge in various forms of wit that redefine and recast the sacred. For much of this world, the body reigns supreme: not only in illness and miracle cures but in displays of transgression and torture. Covering the range of literature from sacred text to history, biography and anecdote, this book provides a stimulating analysis of the world of medieval Islamic mentalités.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9780860788553
eBook ISBN
9781000557749
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Half Title
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Copyright Note
  8. Table of Contents
  9. Preface and Acknowledgments
  10. Publisher's Note
  11. I: Islamic Biography
  12. II: Controversy and Its Effects in the Biographical Tradition of Al-Khatîb Al-Baghdâdî
  13. III: The Interrelationship of Onomastic Elements: Isms, Dîn-Names, and Kunyas in the Ninth-Century A.H.
  14. IV: Pour Une Rhétorique Onomastique: Les Noms Des Aveugles Chez As-Safadî
  15. V: Dreams, the Blind, and the Semiotics of the Biographical Notice
  16. VI: Mentalités and Marginality: Blindness and Mamlûk Civilization
  17. VII: The Classical Arabic Detective
  18. VIII: Texts and Tortures: The Reign of Al-Muʿtadid and the Construction of Historical Meaning
  19. IX: Classical Arabic Crime Narratives: Thieves and Thievery in Adab Literature
  20. X: Yûsuf Ibn ʿAbd Al-Hâdî and His Autograph of the Wuqûʿ Al-Balâ' Bil-Bukhl Wal-Bukhalâ'
  21. XI: Structure and Organization in a Monographic Adab Work: Al-Tatfîl of Al-Khatîb Al-Baghdâdî
  22. XII: Maqâmât and Adab: "Al-Maqâma Al-Madîriyya" of Al-Hamadhânî
  23. XIII: Playing with the Sacred: Religious Intertext in Adab Discourse
  24. Index