TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kha�t�ib al-Baghd�ad�i,Ab�u Bakr A�hmad ibn �Al�i
AU  - Selove,Emily
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Selections from the art of party-crashing in medieval Iraq
AV  - PJ7519.P32 K48213 2012
U1  - 892.7/83407 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Syracuse, N.Y.
PB  - Syracuse University Press
KW  - Parasitism (Social sciences) in literature
KW  - Arabic poetry
KW  - 750-1258
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Parasitism (Social sciences)
KW  - Anecdotes
KW  - Arab countries
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; 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; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
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ER  -