The city as anthology : eroticism and urbanity in early modern Isfahan /

"This book offers an exploration of Isfahan through the lens of seventeenth-century anthologies, referred to in Persian as majmu'a and muraqqa', literally a "gathering together" or "patch-work." Thousands of these visual and literary anthologies assembled everyday...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Babayan, Kathryn, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
1501-1736
Art, Safavid > Iran > Iṣfahān > 17th century.
Manuscripts, Persian > Iran > Iṣfahān > History > 17th century.
Anthologies > History > 17th century.
Art séfévide > Iran > Ispahan > 17e siècle.
Manuscrits persans > Iran > Ispahan > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Anthologies > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Anthologies.
Art, Safavid.
Manners and customs > Sources.
Manuscripts, Persian.
Ṣafavid Dynasty (Iran)
Iṣfahān (Iran) > Social life and customs > 17th century > Sources.
Iran > History > Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736.
Iran > Histoire > 1501-1736 (Séfévides)
Iran.
Iran > Iṣfahān.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the adab of urbanity
  • Imperial visions of sovereignty
  • Collecting, self-fashioning & community
  • Disturbing the city
  • Cultivating and disciplining friendship letters
  • Family archives and female spaces of intimacy
  • Conclusion : the erotics of urbanity.

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