| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xv, 176 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Parasitism (Social sciences) in literature.
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Arabic poetry -- 750-1258 -- History and criticism.
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Parasitism (Social sciences) -- Anecdotes.
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Anecdotes -- Arab countries.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Selove, Emily.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780815632986 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780815651796 (electronic bk.) |
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