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024 7  10.5040/9781838605049 |2doi
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040    YDX |beng |erda |cCaBNVSL |dCaBNVSL
050  4 PJ7528 |b.M97 2020eb
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100 1  Myrne, Pernilla, |eauthor.
245 10 Female sexuality in the early medieval Islamic world : |bgender and sex in Arabic literature / |cPernilla Myrne.
250    First edition.
264  1 London, England : |bI.B. Tauris, |c2019.
264  2 [London, England] : |bBloomsbury Publishing, |c2019.
300    1 online resource (241 pages).
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    computer |bc |2rdamedia
338    online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier
490 1  The early and medieval Islamic world
530    Also available in print.
520    "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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
504    Includes bibliographical references and index.
650  0 Arabic literature |y750-1258 |xHistory and criticism.
650  0 Sex in literature.
650  0 Women in literature.
650  7  |2Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
776     |z1-83860-501-0
830  0 Early and medieval Islamic world.
906    BOOK