Samar Habib

Female Homosexuality in the Middle East

Histories and Representations

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9780415806039
• ISBN-10: 0415806038
• Artikelnr.: 26329502

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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