Veiled Men of the Desert. Perceptions of the Ṣanhāğa Face-Muffler in the Medieval Islamic West
In this paper, I trace shifts in the perception of the face-muffler employed by the men of the North African tribal group of the Ṣanhāğa in medieval sources from al-Andalus and the Maghreb. The men of the Ṣanhāğa traditionally wear a face-muffler or "veil" that covers the lower half of the...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | Italian |
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Università della Calabria, Dipartimento di Lingue e Scienze dell’Educazione
2020
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Occhialì
Year: 2020, Volume: 7, Pages: 33-47 |
Further subjects: | B
Almoravids
B Face-muffler B Ṣanhāğa B Veil B Almohads |
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