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Layers of Veils Obscuring the Image of Tahirih Qurrat al-ʿAyn.
- Source :
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Hawwa . 2023, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p358-380. 23p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This paper deconstructs the ways the image of Fāṭima Zarrīn-Tāj Baraghānī, known as Tahirih Qurrat al-ʿAyn (d. 1852), has been distorted in academic works and in anti-Bahā'ī polemics. The misrepresentations of Tahirih in these works range from disconnecting her from the source of her inspiration, to accusations of immorality, to denying her knowledge, to denying her poetry, to depicting her as a militant figure. It is suggested that misogyny, religious prejudice, selective as well as uncritical use of primary sources, and agenda driven scholarship explain the misrepresentations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *MISOGYNY
*IMMORALITY
*POLEMICS
*PREJUDICES
*INSPIRATION
*POETRY (Literary form)
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15692078
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Hawwa
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174474722
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1163/15692086-12341405