Bedouin and 'Abbasid cultural identities : the Arabic Majnun Layla story /: the Arabic Majnun Layla story. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ruqayya Yasmine Khan.
• Authors: Khan, Ruqayya Yasmine
• Contents: Introduction 1. Song Culture, Kitāb al-Aghānī (Book of Songs ) and the Love Story of Majnūn Laylā 2. On the term ‘Uḍhrī and its Symbolic Universe for Understanding Majnūn Laylā 3. The Night in the Ghayl—Love, Meaning, and Language 4. Umayyad and ‘Abbāsid Constructs of Masculinities in the Love Story of Majnūn Laylā 5. A Lost ‘Bedouin Arcadia’—The Tree Man and the Umayyad Tax Man 6. Majnūn as the Knight-Errant: Language and the Significance of Errancy (Huyām ) 7. ‘Abbāsid Culturally Primitivist Readings of Laylā as Object and Subject 8. ‘Abbāsid Readings of the ‘Uḍhrī Romances: Female Unchastity & the Love Triangle Conclusion Glossary Bibliography
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 892.712; Abbasids -- Intellectual life; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000701203; 9781000699982; 9781000700596; 9780429319617
• Related ISBNs: 9780367333942
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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