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Author:   Dena Fakhro
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.969kg
ISBN:  

9789004725492

ISBN 10:   9004725490
Pages:   508
Publication Date:   22 May 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   Arabic, English

Table of Contents

Preface: Background to the Study Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Copyright Notice Author’s Note Some Key Dates General Introduction  On Writing a Revised Edition  Research Questions, Themes and Structure  An Introduction to the Methodology  Literature Review: A Summary 1 Methodology  1.1 Argument  1.2 Evolution of Chapters  1.3 Platform for Classifying the “Blood Vengeance Poem”  1.4 Terminology in Context  1.5 Two Jahili “Blood Vengeance Poems” 2 A Folkloric History of Blood Vengeance  2.1 Introduction  2.2 Storytelling as Documentary  2.3 The Plot of the War of al-Basūs  2.4 What Is Folklore?  2.5 The Purpose of Myth  2.6 Other Views about Myth and Ritual  2.7 The Bigger Picture  2.8 Concluding Remarks 3 Poetry of the Early Islamic Period  3.1 Introduction  3.2 Epic Literature  3.3 Historical Background to the Poems in Storytelling  3.4 Defining Jihad  3.5 Arguing the Case for Jihad as a Form of Blood Vengeance  3.6 The Poetry of Conflict in Transition  3.7 Anti-establishment Poetry  3.8 Lampoon in Establishment Poetry  3.9 Concluding Remarks 4 Blood Vengeance and Empire  4.1 Revisiting the Anthropology of Gift Exchange  4.2 Extending the Methodology  4.3 Historical Background to the Selection of Poems  4.4 Blood Vengeance and Gift Exchange  4.5 Other Structural Features of the Poems  4.6 Old Signs, New Outposts 5 Abbasid Motifs and Blood Vengeance  5.1 Honour and Weaponry  5.2 Restoring Honour by Drinking and the Function of Liquidity  5.3 Restoring Honour by Fasting and Feeding  5.4 Body Parts as Tokens of Value  5.5 Blood, Wounds, or Injury  5.6 Laundering Honour and Garments  5.7 Settling a Debt  5.8 From Avenger to Hero 6 Alternatives, Decline and the Ascent into Modernity  6.1 A View from a Bridge  6.2 Andalusian Verse  6.3 Iraqi Sectarian Verse  6.4 Thirteenth/Nineteenth-Century Jihadist Verse  6.5 The Nahḍa  6.6 Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose  6.7 The Future of Poetry and a New Kind of Folklore  6.8 Palestinian Rap  6.9 Concluding Remarks 7 Language, Branding & Incitement  7.1 Revisiting Jihad  7.2 Defining the Jihadist Poem  7.3 Extending the Methodology into Modernity  7.4 Historical Background to the Selection of Poems  7.5 The Role of Speech Acts in Blood Vengeance  7.6 Theorising Poetic Incitement  7.7 Speech Acts in Poetry and Use of the Imperative  7.8 Idolatry: Poems about Jihad and Poems about Blood Vengeance  7.9 Concluding Remarks 8 Reacquaintance with Motifs  8.1 Overview of Key Themes  8.2 Restoring Honour by Drinking  8.3 Restoring Honour by Fasting and Feeding  8.4 Body Parts as Tokens of Value  8.5 Settling a Debt  8.6 Motifs Directly Relating to Blood Vengeance  8.7 Blood and Wounds  8.8 Laundering Honour  8.9 Honour and the Natural World  8.10 Honour and Weaponry  8.11 Closing the Circle 9 The Promised Land: A Case Study  9.1 A Road Map Forward  9.2 The Judgement of Solomon  9.3 A Narrative Strategy  9.4 Two States  9.5 Restoration of the Hospitality Contract  9.6 One State  9.7 Pro-active and Universal Engagement 10 Conclusions of the Study  10.1 The Nature of Blood Vengeance and Exchange  10.2 An Historical Precedent for Blood Vengeance  10.3 Blood Vengeance and Islam  10.4 The Abbasid “Blood Vengeance Poem” and Its Legacy  10.5 Broadcast Media, the Poetic Imagination and Modernity  10.6 Prevention Strategies  10.7 Closure Appendix Glossary Works Cited Index of Poems (Pagination) Index of Poems (Description)

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Dena Fakhro, Ph.D. (2018), SOAS, University of London, is a researcher of Arabic poetry. Her publications include the article “Tracing the movement of the blood vengeance theme within Arabic Poetry” (BJMES, 2020). She is also an award-winning poet.

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