The Beauty of the Houri: Heavenly Virgins, Feminine Ideals 9780190249342

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Автор: Rustomji Nerina
Название: The Beauty of the Houri: Heavenly Virgins, Feminine Ideals
ISBN: 9780190249342
Издательство: Oxford Academ
Издательство: Oxford University Press, USA
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ISBN-10: 019024934X
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 248
Вес: 0.40 кг.
Дата издания: 03.08.2021
Язык: English
Размер: 21.08 x 14.48 x 2.03 cm
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: Heavenly virgins and feminine ideals
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Описание: A captivating look at the history of the pure females of Islamic paradise known as the houri

The fascination with the houri, the pure female of Islamic paradise, began long before September 11, 2001. Beauty of the Houri: Heavenly Virgins, Feminine Ideals demonstrates how the ambiguous reward of the houri, mentioned in the Qur)qan and developed in Islamic theological writings, has gained a
distinctive place in the cultural eye from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century.

The houri had multiple functions in Islamic texts that ranged from caretaker, to pure companion, to personal entertainment. French, English, and American writers used the houri to critique Islam and Muslim societies, while also adopting the houri as a model of feminine beauty. Unlike earlier texts
that presented different forms of the houri or universalized the houri for all women, writings about the houri after September 11th offer contradictory messages about Islam. In the twenty-first century, the image of the houri has come to symbolize a reward for violence and the possibility of gender
parity.

As a cosmic figure that inspires enduring questions about the promise of paradise and the idealized feminine form, the houri has a singular past and broad potential for future interpretation. The Beauty of the Houri narrates an intellectual history of the houri and offers a contemporary account of
how theological ambiguity has led to different interpretations of this powerfully enduring Islamic concept.

The Beauty of the Houri: Heavenly Virgins, Feminine Ideals, Rustomji Nerina