El género de la "muerte " en el kitāb al -,iqd al -farīd

Translated title of the contribution: The Gendering of "Death" in Kitāb al-'Iqd al-Farīd

Nadia Maria el Cheikh

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Abstract

This article studies a subsection of the adab compilation of Ibn 'Abd Rabbih's, al-'Iqd al-farīd, namely "The Book of Lamentattions, Condolences, and Elegies". The article analyzes al-'Iqd's ideological function, speccifically, the way gender is organized through the occasion of death. It locates what seems to be "repressed" in the text attempting to determine what material was ignored, buried, end edited, and how priorities were arranged. It is the contention of this article that al-'Iqd, as an exemplary text, not only reflects a dominant ideology, but contributes towards the dominant discourse by shaping mental and social life.

Translated title of the contributionThe Gendering of "Death" in Kitāb al-'Iqd al-Farīd
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)411-436
Number of pages26
JournalAl-Qantara
Volume31
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

Keywords

  • Al-
  • Death
  • Gender
  • Iqd al-farīd
  • Islam
  • Mournning

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cultural Studies
  • History
  • Literature and Literary Theory

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