The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry

1. Introduction
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2. Ibn al-Ḥajjāj and Sukhf: Genealogies
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3. Parodying the Tradition
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4. Sukhf in Panegyric Poetry
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5. Sukhf as Sukhf: Abū Nuwās, Mujūn, and Ibn al-Ḥajjāj
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6. Sukhf, Scatology, and Society
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7. Conclusion
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Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Middle Eastern Culture, Poetry and Poetics, Literature, general, Literary History, Middle Eastern Literature