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Joha has Janus's double face: On the one hand, he is innocent and stupid; on the other, a trickster. He is a cheater and is cheated. He sets traps for others and falls into traps himself; he is simpleton and liar, victimizer and victim. But as a literary figure he never dies. The nearly 300 stories in this lovely volume are from Sephardic oral literature and ethnic culture. They were told to Matilda Koen-Sarano in their original language, Judeo-Spanish (Ladino), and documented over 21 years. From 17 countries, including the United States, they come together in this first-ever collection of Joh
Nasreddin, --- Hoca, Nasreddin, --- Naṣraddīn, --- Mullā Naṣru i-dīn, --- Nosiriddin, --- Nasrudin, --- Nastradin, --- Nastradini, --- Nasr-en-Din, --- Nasrettin, --- Nasr-ed-Din, --- Nasreddin Hoca (Legendary character)
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The Man of Wiles - terrorist or saint?The Man of Wiles (otherwise known as the Master Thief, the Trickster or the Fool) appears in every hero cycle within classical Arabic literature - proof of this figure's popularity with the audiences of Arab story-tellers. He embodies views acceptable to an otherwise inarticulate part of the population, allowing Islam to be treated in a paradoxical and sometimes humorous light in contrast to conventional piety. And he shares with Odysseus not only his wiles but his function as 'the sacker of cities', redressing the idea that classical Arabic literature is unrelated to anything outside its own borders. The study of this popular form sets out in detail the recorded lives of these Men of Wiles for those to whom the original texts are not available.
Folk literature, Arabic --- History and criticism. --- Nasreddin, --- Hoca, Nasreddin, --- Naṣraddīn, --- Mullā Naṣru i-dīn, --- Nosiriddin, --- Nasrudin, --- Nastradin, --- Nastradini, --- Nasr-en-Din, --- Nasrettin, --- Nasr-ed-Din,
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"Published between 1906 and 1930, Molla Nasreddin was a satirical Azeri periodical edited by Jalil Mammadguluzadeh and named after the legendary Sufi wise man-cum-fool of the Middle Ages (who reputedly lived in the thirteenth century in the Ottoman Empire). With an acerbic sense of humour and realist illustrations, Molla Nasreddin attacked the hypocrisy of the Muslim clergy, the colonial policies of European nations, and later the United States, towards the rest of the world and the corruption of local elites, while at the same time arguing for Westernisation, educational reform and equal rights for women. The publication was an instant success-selling half of its initial print run of 1,000 in the first day-and within months would sell 5000 copies per issue, which was record-breaking for the time. It became one of the most influential publications of its kind and was read across the Muslim world. Slavs and Tatars, a leading art collective focusing on Eurasia, has brought together this collection of sketches, caricatures and satirical writings from Molla Nasreddin, in the process revealing an unusual manifestation of nationalism in the Caucasus and its surrounding regions."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Azerbaijani literature --- Azerbaijani wit and humor --- Caricatures and cartoons --- Cartoons --- Humorous illustrations --- Illustrations, Humorous --- Pictures, Humorous --- Pictures --- Caricature --- Wit and humor, Pictorial --- History and criticism. --- Political aspects. --- Nasreddin, --- Hoca, Nasreddin, --- Naṣraddīn, --- Mullā Naṣru i-dīn, --- Nosiriddin, --- Nasrudin, --- Nastradin, --- Nastradini, --- Nasr-en-Din, --- Nasrettin, --- Nasr-ed-Din, --- Molla Nasreddin. --- Azerbaijan --- Aserbaidschan --- Azărbai̐jan Respublikasy --- Azarbaijchan Respublikasy --- Āz̲arbāyajān --- Azärbaycan --- Azärbaycan Respublikası --- Āz̲arbāyijān --- Āz̲arbāyjān (Republic) --- Azarbayjan Respublikasy --- Azerbaigian --- Azerbaijani Republic --- Republic of Azerbaijan --- Azerbaijan S.S.R. --- Molla Năsrăddin, --- Năsrăddin, Molla, --- Молла Насреддин, --- Molla Nasreddin, --- Насреддин, Молла, --- Nasreddin, Molla, --- Mămmădguluzadă, Jălil, --- Molla Nasreddin (Journal) --- 1900-1999 --- Azerbaijan. --- Periodicals.
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