Veiled Men of the Desert. Perceptions of the Ṣanhāğa Face-Muffler in the Medieval Islamic West
In this paper, I trace shifts in the perception of the face-muffler employed by the men of the North African tribal group of the Ṣanhāğa in medieval sources from al-Andalus and the Maghreb. The men of the Ṣanhāğa traditionally wear a face-muffler or "veil" that covers the lower half of the...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Italiano |
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Università della Calabria, Dipartimento di Lingue e Scienze dell’Educazione
2020
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Occhialì
Anno: 2020, Volume: 7, Pagine: 33-47 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Almoravids
B Face-muffler B Ṣanhāğa B Veil B Almohads |
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| Riepilogo: | In this paper, I trace shifts in the perception of the face-muffler employed by the men of the North African tribal group of the Ṣanhāğa in medieval sources from al-Andalus and the Maghreb. The men of the Ṣanhāğa traditionally wear a face-muffler or "veil" that covers the lower half of their face, as it continues to be the custom among the Tuareg community, for instance (Keenan, 1977; Rassmussen, 2010), whereas the women go about unveiled. In an Islamicate context, such as the medieval Maghreb, the "masculine veil" of the Ṣanhāğa stands in a particular position. First noted by Arab geographers as some sort of anthropological curiosity, it was later employed by a rival tribal group, the Maṣmūda, in order to delegitimize the political rule of the Ṣanhāğa during the Almoravid period, accusing them of effeminacy. |
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| ISSN: | 2532-6740 |
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