Female Sexuality in the Early Medieval Islamic World Gender and Sex in Arabic Literature Early and Medieval Islamic World 1st Edition by Myrne 9781838605032 1838605037

Female Sexuality in the Early Medieval Islamic World Gender and Sex in Arabic Literature Early and Medieval Islamic World 1st Edition Myrne – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9781838605018, 1838605010, 9781838605032, 1838605037

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• ISBN 10: 1838605037
• ISBN 13: 9781838605032
• Author: Pernilla Myrne

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.

Table contents:

Part 1: Discourses on Female Sexuality
1 Sexuality, Pleasure and Health
2 A World of Pleasure
3 Women and Sexual Rights
Part 2: Women’s Words and Preferences
4 Female Strategies and Verbal Battles
5 Sexual Comedy and Women’s Bodies
6 Sisters and Lovers

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