The dramatic impact of Islamic fundamentalism in recent years has skewed our image of Islamic history and culture. Stereotypes depict Islamic societies as economically backward, hyper-patriarchal, and fanatically religious. But in fact, the Islamic world encompasses a great diversity of cultures and a great deal of variation within those cultures in terms of gender roles and sexuality.
The first collection on this topic from a historical and anthropological perspective, Homosexuality in the Muslim World reveals that patterns of male and female homosexuality have existed and often ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: NYU Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780814774687ISBN:0814774687
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: New York Univ Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780814774687ISBN:0814774687
Description: Near Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 331 pp indexed. solid copy with only mild edge wear and a single underlined sentence. Despite the denial of the existence of homosexuality in the Muslim world, "Islamic Homosexalities" examines homosexual behaviour "over the many centuries and diverse regions of the Islamic world. " read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIV PR
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780814774687ISBN:0814774687
Description: New. "A fascinating and eye-opening book about a topic much hinted at but little considered systematically. The authors not only have the benefit of knowing homosexuality in many other societies but are well grounded in matters Islamic. "--Middle East Qu... read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York University Press
ISBN-13:9780814774687ISBN:0814774687
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