Cynophagy, homosexuality and anthropophagy in medieval Islamic North Africa as signs of hospitality
Contenu
- Titre
- Cynophagy, homosexuality and anthropophagy in medieval Islamic North Africa as signs of hospitality
- Créateur
- Mansouri, Mabrouk Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Date
- 2015
- Dans
- The Journal of North African Studies Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Résumé
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With reference to Arabic primary sources written in the middle ages, firstly, this paper will account for North African food as a symbolic cultural system expressing local values of hospitality, bravery and manhood. It will also explore the metaphoric and symbolic significance of cynophagy as a customary practice related primarily to the belief in magic by North African Amazigh, Arabs, Christians and Jews. Moreover, the paper will try to contextualise such a practice within the broader North African cultural framework, expressing an awareness of indigenous sociocultural milieu. Secondly, the paper is designed to address the significance of North African
body as an articulation of particular socio-cultural and aesthetic values. It will tackle North African gender and sex relations in a medieval Islamic context totally or partially different from the native milieu of Islam, namely Arabia. In this paper, studying and interpreting North African homosexuality as an act of hospitality will be of paramount importance. Finally, the paper will trace the links between anthropophagy, the offering of female flesh for cannibals and hospitality through scrutinising the ideological underpinnings and the socio-cultural interrelatedness. Medieval sub-Saharan anthropophagy is said to be a social behaviour that displays hospitality and kindness. - Langue
- eng
- volume
- 20
- numéro
- 2
- pages
- 128-142
- Titre abrégé
- The Journal of North African Studies
- doi
- 10.1080/13629387.2014.937431
- issn
- 1362-9387, 1743-9345
Mansouri, Mabrouk, “Cynophagy, homosexuality and anthropophagy in medieval Islamic North Africa as signs of hospitality”, 2015, bibliographie, consulté le 18 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/4281
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