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- Title
"PARADISE IS AT THE FEET OF THE MOTHERS". SOME PRELIMINARY REMARKS CONCERNING THE FIGURATION OF MOTHERHOOD IN MEDIEVAL ARAB LITERATURE.
- Authors
TORAL-NIEHOFF, ISABEL
- Abstract
The articles analyses in a preliminary study the configuration of motherhood (the mere biological fact of being a mother) and motherliness (the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of a mother, i.e. of maternal love) in Medieval Arab Literature, taking as case studies the portrayal of both topics in the adab-encyclopaedia al-'Iqd al-Farīd by the Cordovan man of letters Ibn 'Abdrabbih (860-940 CE). In addition, it discusses the methodical difficulties of investigating past mentalities, attitudes and social expectations in Pre-Modern Islam and pleas for a stronger consideration of literary texts.
- Subjects
ISLAM &; society; ISLAMIC philosophy; ARABIC literature; MOTHERHOOD; SOCIAL conditions of women
- Publication
Imago Temporis. Medium Aevum, 2013, Vol 7, p45
- ISSN
1888-3931
- Publication type
Article