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Barbe et barbus; Symboliques, rites et pratiques du port de la barbe dans le Proche-Orient ancien et moderne (French, Paperback)
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Barbe et barbus; Symboliques, rites et pratiques du port de la barbe dans le Proche-Orient ancien et moderne (French, Paperback)
Series: Etudes Genevoises Sur L'Antiquite, 5
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Ranging from Sumer to ISIS, this collection presents an historic
and anthropological approach to the beard in Middle Eastern
religious traditions. The twelve contributions, along with a
general introduction, cover the ancient Near East (Mesopotamia,
Egypt and the Hittites), Judaism, and medieval to contemporary
Islam. Since Antiquity the beard has been a symbol of masculine
power, linked directly to ideologies of the male body. Whether the
wearing of a beard is compulsory or prohibited, encouraged or
mocked, it is a fundamental marker of identity and ideology,
particularly in the Islamic world. The essays in Barbe et barbus
are an elegant demonstration of the complexities inherent in the
pilosity of the masculine visage.
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