Table of Contents

Contents:

Acknowledgements
Introduction

1. NORMS AND VALUES IN MEDIAEVAL MUSLIM SOCIETY
1. Ideals and Actual Behaviour
2. Some Enduring Values in Mediaeval Muslim Society
3. A Preliminary Definition of Mujūn

2. THE MOTIFS OF MUJŪN : RELIGION
1. An Omnipresent Religious Culture
2. Quran and ÍadÐths
3. The Stuff of a Sound Education: Religious Disciplines,Theology, and Islamic History
4. The Religious Obligations
5. Images of Afterlife
6. Hyperboles in Praise Poetry
7. Genuine Mujūn: A Provisional Summary

3. THE MOTIFS OF MUJŪN : DECENCY AND PROPRIETY
1. Breaches of the Norms of Proper Conduct
2. Images of Sexuality
3. Stylistic Features: Punning, Double Entendre, Obscenity, and Parody

4. THE RECEPTION OF MUJŪN
1. The Reception of Mujūn
2. Sanctions and Rewards
3. Regional Differences in the Reception of Mujūn

5. MUJŪN, VALUES AND NORMS
1. Mujūn vis-à-vis Dominant Values
2. The Sociology of Mujūn

Afterword: On Defining Mujūn
Sources
Index