Selections from the art of party-crashing in medieval Iraq (Record no. 77904)
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| fixed length control field | 02695nam a2200409 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 892.7/83407 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Kha�t�ib al-Baghd�ad�i, Ab�u Bakr A�hmad ibn �Al�i, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Selections from the art of party-crashing in medieval Iraq |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Syracuse, N.Y. : |
| Name of publisher | Syracuse University Press, |
| Year of publication | 2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xv, 176 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Parasitism (Social sciences) in literature. |
| Topical Term | Arabic poetry |
| Topical Term | Parasitism (Social sciences) |
| Topical Term | Anecdotes |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Selove, Emily. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10656148 |
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