Big, bold, revisionist book which plausibly challenges gender stereotypes about women and Islam Makes sparkling tales and stories accessible for the first time to an English-speaking readership Wide appeal to a variety of readers, in Middle East studies, comparative literature & medieval history
Big, bold, revisionist book which plausibly challenges gender stereotypes about women and Islam Makes sparkling tales and stories accessible for the first time to an English-speaking readership Wide appeal to a variety of readers, in Middle East studies, comparative literature & medieval history
Remke Kruk is Professor Emeritus of Arabic at the University of Leiden. Starting with The Arabic Version of Aristotle's Parts of Animals: Books XI-XIV of the KitAZab al-HayawaAZn (1979), she has published on a wide range of subjects, notably in the field of Graeco-Arabic natural philosophy. She was the editor, with Gerhard Endress, of The Ancient Tradition in Christian and Islamic Hellenism (1997). She has translated various classical Arabic texts and is co-editor of the series Aristoteles Semitico-Latinus.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface A Note on Transliteration Abbreviations A Note on the Illustrations List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Chapter I Arabic popular epic: an introductory note Chapter II Warrior women in the Arabic tradition Chapter III Sîrat Dhât al-Himma I: Princess Dhât al-Himma and her many battles Chapter IV Sîrat Dhât al-Himma II Chapter V Sîrat Dhât al-Himma III Chapter VI Warrior women in Sîrat 'Antar I Chapter VII Warrior women in Sîrat 'Antar II Chapter VIII Prince H'amza al-Bahlawân: in praise of traditional womanhood Chapter IX Sîrat Baybars I: Lionesses Chapter X Sîrat Baybars II: Warrior queens Chapter XI King Sayf ibn Dhî Yazan, the soft hearted I: Qamarîya Chapter XII King Sayf ibn Dhî Yazan II: T'âma Chapter XIII King Sayf ibn Dhî Yazan III: Munyat an-Nufûs Chapter XIV Final observations Notes List of illustrations Bibliography
Preface A Note on Transliteration Abbreviations A Note on the Illustrations List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Chapter I Arabic popular epic: an introductory note Chapter II Warrior women in the Arabic tradition Chapter III Sîrat Dhât al-Himma I: Princess Dhât al-Himma and her many battles Chapter IV Sîrat Dhât al-Himma II Chapter V Sîrat Dhât al-Himma III Chapter VI Warrior women in Sîrat 'Antar I Chapter VII Warrior women in Sîrat 'Antar II Chapter VIII Prince H'amza al-Bahlawân: in praise of traditional womanhood Chapter IX Sîrat Baybars I: Lionesses Chapter X Sîrat Baybars II: Warrior queens Chapter XI King Sayf ibn Dhî Yazan, the soft hearted I: Qamarîya Chapter XII King Sayf ibn Dhî Yazan II: T'âma Chapter XIII King Sayf ibn Dhî Yazan III: Munyat an-Nufûs Chapter XIV Final observations Notes List of illustrations Bibliography
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