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Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations (Routledge Research in Gender and Society) - Softcover

Book 20 of 98: Routledge Research in Gender and Society

Habib, Samar

 
9780415806039: Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations (Routledge Research in Gender and Society)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415806038 ISBN 13: 9780415806039
Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415806038
ISBN 13 
9780415806039
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
210