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Selections from the art of party-crashing in medieval Iraq / al-Khatib al-Baghdadi ; translated and illustrated by Emily Selove.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1002-1071.
- Standardized Title:
- Taṭfīl wa-ḥikāyāt al-ṭufaylīyīn wa-akhbārihim wa-nawādir kalāmihim wa-ashʻārihim. English. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parasitism (Social sciences) in literature.
- Arabic poetry--750-1258--History and criticism.
- Arabic poetry.
- Parasitism (Social sciences)--Anecdotes.
- Parasitism (Social sciences).
- Anecdotes--Arab countries.
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (199 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- He's fond of anyone who throws a party; he's always at a party in his dreams, for party-crashing's blazoned on his heart...a prisoner to the path of fi ne cuisine.With this statement, al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, a Muslim preacher and scholar, introduces The Art of Party-Crashing , a book that represents a sharp departure from the religious.
- Contents:
- al-Khatib al-Baghdadi's introduction
- The meaning of "party-crashing" in the language and the first person named after it
- Early party-crashing
- Going to a meal without being invited is deemed rude
- Those who cast aspersions on party-crashing and its practitioners and satirize and denounce them
- Those who praise, make excuses for, or speak well of party-crashing
- Party-crashers from among the notables, the noble, the learned, and the cultured
- Those who engage in very subtle acts of party-crashing
- Those who love people to sponge and facilitate it
- Anecdotes about party-crashers who exert themselves in party-crashing and make it a trade and occupation
- Accounts of the ones that the guards would refuse, but who outwit the guards with a lie or a ruse
- Mention of the party-crashers' conversations, advice, and poetry
- Accounts of Bunan, the party-crasher
- A document pertaining to party-crashing.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8156-5179-1
- OCLC:
- 859687137
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