Female Homosexuality in the Middle East

Informationen zum Autor Samar Habib is a scholar, editor, and novelist. Her literary novel, A Tree Like Rain was published in Sydney in 2005, and she is currently the chief editor of an international online journal, Nebula . She received her Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Sydney. Klappentext This book, the first full-length study of its kind, dares to probe the biggest taboo in contemporary Arab culture with scholarly intent and integrity - female homosexuality. Habib argues that female homosexuality has a long history in Arabic literature and scholarship, beginning in the ninth century, and she traces the destruction of Medieval discourses on female homosexuality and the replacement of these with a new religious orthodoxy that is no longer permissive of a variety of sexual behaviours. Habib also engages with recent "gay" historiography in the West and challenges institutionalized constructionist notions of sexuality. Zusammenfassung This book dares to probe the biggest taboo in contemporary Arab culture with the very first in-depth study of female homosexual relations in Arabic-speaking and neighbouring countries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Introducing Studies on Female Homosexuality and Contemporary Critical Theory 1. Introduction: Contemporary Views of Female Homosexuality in the Middle East 2. Constructing and Deconstructing Sexuality: New Paradigms for "Gay" Historiography Part 2: The History and Representation of Female Homosexuality in the Middle Ages 3. An Overview of Medieval Literature Concerning Female Homosexuality 4. A Close Reading of Ahmad Ibn Yusuf Tifashi's Nuzhat al Albab: Toward Re-Envisioning the Islamic Middle East Part 3: The History and Representation of Female Homosexuality in the Contemporary Middle East 5. Contemporary Representations of Female Homosexuality in Arabic Literature and Criticism 6. Some Like it Luke-Warm: A Brief History of the Representation of (Homo)Sexuality in Egyptian Film Part 4: Conclusion and References 7. Conclusion: Homosexuals, the People of Lot and the Future of Arabic Homosexuality 8. Notes ...

Product details

• Authors: Samar Habib, Samar (University of Sydney Habib, Habib Samar
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.2009
• EAN: 9780415806039
• ISBN: 978-0-415-80603-9
• Series: Routledge Research in Gender a; Routledge Research in Gender and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Islam, Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, Middle East, Religion: general, Regional Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Middle Eastern history, Regional / International studies, Gay & Lesbian studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Literature: history and criticism, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies, HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics