The beauty of the houri: heavenly virgins, feminine ideals
The fascination with the houri, the pure female of Islamic paradise, began long before September 11, 2001. 'The Beauty of the Houri' demonstrates how the ambiguous reward of the houri, mentioned in the Quran and developed in Islamic theological writings, has gained a distinctive place in E...
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Published: |
New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2021
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In: | Year: 2021 |
Series/Journal: | Oxford scholarship online
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islam
/ Paradise
/ Huri
/ Reception
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Further subjects: | B
Paradise
Islam
B Islamic eschatology |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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Summary: | The fascination with the houri, the pure female of Islamic paradise, began long before September 11, 2001. 'The Beauty of the Houri' demonstrates how the ambiguous reward of the houri, mentioned in the Quran and developed in Islamic theological writings, has gained a distinctive place in English and French literature from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century and in digital material in the twenty-first century. |
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Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 7, 2021) |
ISBN: | 0190249374 |
Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190249342.001.0001 |