Beyond a personal fascination with pigeon, I have always found it unfair that the dove is considered a hopeful symbol of peace and tender love, whereas modern urban life has turned pigeons into pests: mostly a nuisance for citizens, at best a choreographic touch in some public squares. This contribution aims to rehabilitate pigeons with a selection of passages from Mediaeval Arabic literature that reveal just how central their role was in adab and daily life.
Lucia Raggetti (2019). GOODFEATHERS: AMAZING PIGEONS IN ARABIC ANIMAL LORE. QUADERNI DI STUDI ARABI, 14, 291-310.
GOODFEATHERS: AMAZING PIGEONS IN ARABIC ANIMAL LORE
Lucia Raggetti
2019
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Beyond a personal fascination with pigeon, I have always found it unfair that the dove is considered a hopeful symbol of peace and tender love, whereas modern urban life has turned pigeons into pests: mostly a nuisance for citizens, at best a choreographic touch in some public squares. This contribution aims to rehabilitate pigeons with a selection of passages from Mediaeval Arabic literature that reveal just how central their role was in adab and daily life.File in questo prodotto:
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