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Yusuf’s “Queer” Beauty in Persian Cultural Productions

Yusuf’s “Queer” Beauty in Persian Cultural Productions Claudia Yaghoobi In the Hebrew Bible, Joseph is one of Jacob's twelve sons whose story is woven throughout the final chapters of Genesis. In the quranic account, Yusuf (Joseph) is the only prophet whose story gets a whole chapter of its own. According to tradition, the entire Sura Yusuf, which takes up 111 verses, was once revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. In Persian literature, Yusuf 's story appears in the works of almost every poet from the classical period (900­1500). The most famous work involving the story of Yusuf is the narrative poem "Yusuf o Zulaikha" by `Abd alRahman Jami (d. 1492). Jami's poem, which has generated numerous commentaries, is a reinterpretation of Sura Yusuf. The poem has been the inspiration for various literary and historical texts and continues to be a central narrative in Islamic cultures. However, the majority of these commentaries and works focus on the significance of female sexuality--feminine guile, fitna, and its negative implications--which is central to the understanding of sexuality as it is depicted in Islam, as opposed to male sexuality. For example, Denise A. Spellberg has discussed the political role of Zulaikha (Potiphar's wife, whose name in the Hebrew and quaranic version http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Comparatist University of North Carolina Press

Yusuf’s “Queer” Beauty in Persian Cultural Productions

The Comparatist , Volume 40 – Nov 11, 2016

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Claudia Yaghoobi In the Hebrew Bible, Joseph is one of Jacob's twelve sons whose story is woven throughout the final chapters of Genesis. In the quranic account, Yusuf (Joseph) is the only prophet whose story gets a whole chapter of its own. According to tradition, the entire Sura Yusuf, which takes up 111 verses, was once revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. In Persian literature, Yusuf 's story appears in the works of almost every poet from the classical period (900­1500). The most famous work involving the story of Yusuf is the narrative poem "Yusuf o Zulaikha" by `Abd alRahman Jami (d. 1492). Jami's poem, which has generated numerous commentaries, is a reinterpretation of Sura Yusuf. The poem has been the inspiration for various literary and historical texts and continues to be a central narrative in Islamic cultures. However, the majority of these commentaries and works focus on the significance of female sexuality--feminine guile, fitna, and its negative implications--which is central to the understanding of sexuality as it is depicted in Islam, as opposed to male sexuality. For example, Denise A. Spellberg has discussed the political role of Zulaikha (Potiphar's wife, whose name in the Hebrew and quaranic version

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Published: Nov 11, 2016

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