The warrior women of Islam : female empowerment in Arabic popular literature / Remke Kruk.

By: Kruk, Remke [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of Middle East history: v. 54.Publisher: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2014Description: xxv, 272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781848859272; 1848859279; 9781848859265; 1848859260Subject(s): Arabic fiction -- History and criticism | Epic literature, Arabic -- History and criticism | Women in literature | Arabic fiction | Epic literature, Arabic | Women in literature | LiteratureGenre/Form: Criticism, interpretation, etc.DDC classification: 892.734 LOC classification: PJ7572.W66 | .K78 2014Other classification: 892.734
Contents:
Arabic popular epic : an introductory note -- Warrior women in the Arabic tradition -- Sirat Dhat al-Himma 1 : Princess Dhat al-Himma and her many battles -- Sirat Dhat al-Himma 2 : Prince 'Abd al-Wahhab and his warrior wives -- Sirat Dhat al-Himma 3 : The History of Ghamra the Daughter of 'Utarid -- Warrior women in Sirat 'Antara 1 : Ghamra the daughter of Fa'iz -- Warrior women in Sirat 'Antara 2 : Hayfa', Zarqa' and Unaytira -- Prince Hamza al-Bahlawan : In Praise of Traditional Womanhood -- Sirat Baybars 1 : Lionesses -- Sirat Baybars 2 : Warrior queens -- King Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan, the Soft-Hearted 1 : Qamariya -- King Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan 2 : Tama -- King Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan 3 : Munyat al-Nufus --
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index.

Arabic popular epic : an introductory note -- Warrior women in the Arabic tradition -- Sirat Dhat al-Himma 1 : Princess Dhat al-Himma and her many battles -- Sirat Dhat al-Himma 2 : Prince 'Abd al-Wahhab and his warrior wives -- Sirat Dhat al-Himma 3 : The History of Ghamra the Daughter of 'Utarid -- Warrior women in Sirat 'Antara 1 : Ghamra the daughter of Fa'iz -- Warrior women in Sirat 'Antara 2 : Hayfa', Zarqa' and Unaytira -- Prince Hamza al-Bahlawan : In Praise of Traditional Womanhood -- Sirat Baybars 1 : Lionesses -- Sirat Baybars 2 : Warrior queens -- King Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan, the Soft-Hearted 1 : Qamariya -- King Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan 2 : Tama -- King Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan 3 : Munyat al-Nufus -- Final observations.

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