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Female Sexuality in the Early Medieval Islamic World

Pernilla Myrne
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      In the early Islamic world, Arabic erotic compendia and sex manuals were a popular literary genre. Although primarily written by male authors, the erotic publications from this era often emphasised the sexual needs of women and the importance of female romantic fulfilment. Pernilla Myrne here explores this phenomenon, examining a range of Arabic literature to shed fresh light onto the complexities of female sexuality under the Abbasids and the Buyids. Based on an impressive array of neglected medical, religious-legal, literary and entertainment sources, Myrne elucidates the tension between depictions of women’s strong sexual agency and their subordinated social role in various contexts. In the process she uncovers a great diversity of approaches from the 9th to the 11th century, including the sexual handbook the Encyclopedia of Pleasure (Jawami‘ al-ladhdha), which portrayed the diversity of female desires, asserting the importance of mutual satisfaction through lively poems and stories. This is the first in-depth, comprehensive analysis of female sexuality in the early Islamic world and is essential reading for all scholars of Middle Eastern history and Arabic literature.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Pernilla Myrne EAN: 9780755644698 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 340 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DATE PUBLISHED: 2021-07-29 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Middle East / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      CE period up to c 1500, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Social groups: religious groups and communities, History and Archaeology, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships

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      PERNILLA MYRNE is Associate Professor of Arabic Literature andHistory at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, from where she alsoreceived her PhD. She has published several peer-reviewed articles andchapters on gender and sexuality in the early Islamic world.
      In the early Islamic world, Arabic erotic compendia and sex manuals were a popular literary genre. Although primarily written by male authors, the erotic publications from this era often emphasised the sexual needs of women and the importance of female romantic fulfilment. Pernilla Myrne here explores this phenomenon, examining a range of Arabic literature to shed fresh light onto the complexities of female sexuality under the Abbasids and the Buyids. Based on an impressive array of neglected medical, religious-legal, literary and entertainment sources, Myrne elucidates the tension between depictions of women’s strong sexual agency and their subordinated social role in various contexts. In the process she uncovers a great diversity of approaches from the 9th to the 11th century, including the sexual handbook the Encyclopedia of Pleasure (Jawami‘ al-ladhdha), which portrayed the diversity of female desires, asserting the importance of mutual satisfaction through lively poems and stories. This is the first in-depth, comprehensive analysis of female sexuality in the early Islamic world and is essential reading for all scholars of Middle Eastern history and Arabic literature.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Pernilla Myrne EAN: 9780755644698 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 340 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DATE PUBLISHED: 2021-07-29 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Middle East / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      CE period up to c 1500, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Social groups: religious groups and communities, History and Archaeology, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships

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      PERNILLA MYRNE is Associate Professor of Arabic Literature andHistory at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, from where she alsoreceived her PhD. She has published several peer-reviewed articles andchapters on gender and sexuality in the early Islamic world.

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