Yazdandukht and Mar Qardagh: From the Persian martyr acts in Syriac to Sureth poetry on YouTube, via a historical novel in Arabic
Videos posted on YouTube show how stories of East-Syriac saints have found their way to a popular web platform, where they are re-told combining traditional genres with a culturally hybrid visual representation. The sketchy female characters Yazdandukht and Yazdui/Christine and the fully developed...
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| Language: | English |
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Università degli Studi di Torino
2020-07-01
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| Series: | Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies |
| Online Access: | https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/kervan/article/view/4929 |