Author: Spink & SonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts, English
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Catalogue of Valuable Books, Manuscripts & Autographs Letters of Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890
Author: Spink & SonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts, English
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Islamic Homosexualities
Author: Stephen O. MurrayPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814774687
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
The first anthropological collection that reveals patterns of male and female homosexuality in the Muslim World 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 flourished within the Islamic world. Indeed, same-sex relations have, until quite recently, been much more tolerated under Islam than in the Christian West. Based on the latest theoretical perspectives in gender studies, feminism, and gay studies, Homosexuality in the Muslim World includes cultural and historical analyses of the entire Islamic world, not just the so-called Middle East. Essays show both age-stratified patterns of homosexuality, as revealed in the erotic and romantic poetry of medieval poets, and gender-based patterns, in which both men and women might, to varying degrees, choose to live as members of the opposite sex. The contributors draw on historical documents, literary texts, ethnographic observation and direct observation by both Muslim and non-Muslim authors to show the considerable diversity of Islamic societies and the existence of tolerated gender and sexual variances.
National Union Catalog
Author: Islamic Homosexualities
Author: Will RoscoePublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814769381
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
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 flourished within the Islamic world. Indeed, same-sex relations have, until quite recently, been much more tolerated under Islam than in the Christian West. Based on the latest theoretical perspectives in gender studies, feminism, and gay studies, Homosexuality in the Muslim World includes cultural and historical analyses of the entire Islamic world, not just the so-called Middle East. Essays show both age-stratified patterns of homosexuality, as revealed in the erotic and romantic poetry of medieval poets, and gender-based patterns, in which both men and women might, to varying degrees, choose to live as members of the opposite sex. The contributors draw on historical documents, literary texts, ethnographic observation and direct observation by both Muslim and non-Muslim authors to show the considerable diversity of Islamic societies and the existence of tolerated gender and sexual variances.
A Brief List of Books, Manuscripts, and Autograph Letters in the Finest State
Author: William H. Robinson, LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Sir Richard F. Burton
Author: James A. CasadaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Nineteenth-century British Book-collectors and Bibliographers
Author: William BakerPublisher: Detroit, MI : Gale Research
ISBN:
Category : American prose literature
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
An eclectic view of the book and manuscript collecting and bibliographical activity during nineteenth century Britain is presented. Subjects range from the wealthy, bibliographically knowledgeable members of the aristocrats to others who impoverished themselves and their families in their obsession. Discusses how these collections were instrumental in the advocacy of the public library movement.
Library of Congress Catalogs
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Rare Book Catalogues
Author: Robinson, William H., ltd., booksellers, LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description