Selections From The Art of Party Crashing in Medieval Iraq
Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1002-1071.
Selections From The Art of Party Crashing in Medieval Iraq [Recurso electrónico] / al-Khatib al-Baghdadi ; translated and illustrated by Emily Selove. - Syracuse University Press : Syracuse, New York, 2012. - 1 online resource (168 p.) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references.
al-Khatib al-Baghdadi's introduction -- The meaning of "party-crashing" in the language and the first person named after it -- Early party-crashing -- Going to a meal without being invited is deemed rude -- Those who cast aspersions on party-crashing and its practitioners and satirize and denounce them -- Those who praise, make excuses for, or speak well of party-crashing -- Party-crashers from among the notables, the noble, the learned, and the cultured -- Those who engage in very subtle acts of party-crashing -- Those who love people to sponge and facilitate it -- Anecdotes about party-crashers who exert themselves in party-crashing and make it a trade and occupation -- Accounts of the ones that the guards would refuse, but who outwit the guards with a lie or a ruse -- Mention of the party-crashers' conversations, advice, and poetry -- Accounts of Bunan, the party-crasher -- A document pertaining to party-crashing.
Libro Electrónico
9780815651796 0815651791
Anecdotes--Arab countries.
Parasitism (Social sciences)--Anecdotes.
Arabic poetry--History and criticism.--750-1258
Parasitism (Social sciences) in literature.
Electronic books.
PJ7519.P32 / K48213 2012
892.7/83407
Selections From The Art of Party Crashing in Medieval Iraq [Recurso electrónico] / al-Khatib al-Baghdadi ; translated and illustrated by Emily Selove. - Syracuse University Press : Syracuse, New York, 2012. - 1 online resource (168 p.) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references.
al-Khatib al-Baghdadi's introduction -- The meaning of "party-crashing" in the language and the first person named after it -- Early party-crashing -- Going to a meal without being invited is deemed rude -- Those who cast aspersions on party-crashing and its practitioners and satirize and denounce them -- Those who praise, make excuses for, or speak well of party-crashing -- Party-crashers from among the notables, the noble, the learned, and the cultured -- Those who engage in very subtle acts of party-crashing -- Those who love people to sponge and facilitate it -- Anecdotes about party-crashers who exert themselves in party-crashing and make it a trade and occupation -- Accounts of the ones that the guards would refuse, but who outwit the guards with a lie or a ruse -- Mention of the party-crashers' conversations, advice, and poetry -- Accounts of Bunan, the party-crasher -- A document pertaining to party-crashing.
Libro Electrónico
9780815651796 0815651791
Anecdotes--Arab countries.
Parasitism (Social sciences)--Anecdotes.
Arabic poetry--History and criticism.--750-1258
Parasitism (Social sciences) in literature.
Electronic books.
PJ7519.P32 / K48213 2012
892.7/83407
2251-8215
