The power of oratory in the medieval Muslim world / Linda G. Jones.
Series: Cambridge studies in Islamic civilizationPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: xi, 298 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781107023055 (Hardback)
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Introduction -- Laying the foundations -- The Khuṭba: the 'central jewel' of medieval Arab-Islamic prose -- Rhetorical and discursive strategies of persuasion in the Khuṭba -- Part 1: Putting it all together: texts, contexts, and performances -- Canonical orations: Friday sermons and wedding orations -- Thematic and occasional orations: political oratory and sermons and jihad -- Homiletic exhortation and storytelling: challenging the 'popular' -- Part 2: The preacher and the audience -- 'The good eloquent speaker': profiles of pre-modern Muslim preachers -- The audience responds: participation, reception, contestation -- Conclusion
Bibliography : p. 267-284
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