Discourses on and Realities of the life of Canines among Arabs and Muslims

This paper is about the power of representation; it takes as specific focus an animal who has been made out to represent all that is impure in Islamic discourses. Not only are dogs regarded as unclean animals, but their entry into a person’s home has been described to be a cause for refusal of angel...

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Auteur principal: Sonbol, Amira (Auteur)
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Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill 2014
Dans: Hawwa
Année: 2014, Volume: 12, Numéro: 1, Pages: 101-120
Sujets non-standardisés:B Surat al-Kahf Bedouin dogs angels Kitab al-Hayawan Al-Damiri Al-Jahiz Imam Malik farra -diyya
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