ANTA02H3 Chapter : Feeding Desire chp. 3&4
Document Summary
Chapter 3: women"s bodies inherently attract, and men"s bodies are inherently attracted beauty of fattening is in fact deeply embedded in and shaped by islam. The centrality of islam in azawagh arab life: they believe that they are all descended from prophet mohammad, considering islam is to offer all humans the only path to salvation. Islam and islams: for the azawagh arabs, islam is not something they converted to at some point in the past but is something in their blood. Islam is a highly embodied faith in the bodily obedience it demands of adherents: prostration and fasting. Islam is about an individual"s relationship to god is the highest position held in the muslim hierarchy: the supreme authority on islamic knowledge, and leads prayers on the high holy days. The most defining features of azawagh arabs" own self image, for both men and women.
