| Arabic Oration: Art and Function Contributor(s): Qutbuddin, Tahera (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004394400 ISBN-13: 9789004394407 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $210.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Arabic Published: June 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - Rituals & Practice |
| Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle East |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (2.40 lbs) 660 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Arabic Oration: Art and Function, a narrative richly infused with illustrative texts and original translations, Tahera Qutbuddin presents a comprehensive theory of this preeminent genre in its foundational oral period, 7th-8th centuries AD. With speeches and sermons attributed to the Prophet Muḥammad, ʿAlī, other political and military leaders, and a number of prominent women, she assesses types of orations and themes, preservation and provenance, structure and style, orator-audience authority dynamics, and, with the shift from an oral to a highly literate culture, oration's influence on the medieval chancery epistle. Probing the genre's echoes in the contemporary Muslim world, she offers sensitive tools with which to decode speeches by mosque-imams and political leaders today. |