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From an Arab Queen to a Yiddische Mama: The Travels of Marital Advice around the Medieval Mediterranean
- Source :
- Zinger, O & Torollo, D 2016, ' From an Arab Queen to a Yiddische Mama : The Travels of Marital Advice around the Medieval Mediterranean ', Medieval Encounters, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 471–516 . https://doi.org/10.1163/15700674-12342235
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Brill, 2016.
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Abstract
- This study explores the travels of a literary anecdote about ten pieces of advice that a mother gave her daughter on the eve of the latter’s marriage. Tracing the various incarnations of the anecdote from its first attestation in ninth-century Arabic works to later versions in Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Italian, Catalan, and Yiddish demonstrates the connectivity of the medieval Mediterranean and the porous nature of political, religious, and linguistic borders when it comes to popular ethical literary texts. Studying the changes introduced in each new incarnation allows us to explore the process of translation and adaptation involved in cultural transmission between different linguistic and religious communities. The travels of the anecdote also highlight the commonalities and differences in normative gender roles in different societies across the medieval Mediterranean.
- Subjects :
- Cultural Studies
Literature
Linguistics and Language
History
business.industry
Hebrew
Anecdote
media_common.quotation_subject
Religious studies
06 humanities and the arts
Language and Linguistics
language.human_language
Queen (playing card)
060104 history
Politics
Incarnation
language
Normative
0601 history and archaeology
Catalan
business
Cultural transmission in animals
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15700674 and 13807854
- Volume :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medieval Encounters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8f8aefd48b49b1ad9a771a30cf681a01
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1163/15700674-12342235