Islamic Homosexualities
culture, history, and literature
$101.19
- Paperback
277 pages
- Release Date
31 January 1997
Summary
The dramatic impact of Islamic fundamentalism in recent years has skewed our image of Islamic history and culture. Stereotypes depict Islamic societies as economically backward, hyper-patriarchal, and fanatically religious. But in fact, the Islamic world encompasses a great diversity of cultures and a great deal of variation within those cultures in terms of gender roles and sexuality. The first collection on this topic from a historical and anthropological perspective, Homosexuality in the M…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780814774687 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0814774687 |
| Author: | Stephen O. Murray, Will Roscoe |
| Publisher: | New York University Press |
| Imprint: | New York University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 277 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 1997 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“A fascinating and eye-opening book about a topic much hinted at but little considered systematically. The authors not only have the benefit of knowing homosexuality in many other societies but are well grounded in matters Islamic.” –Middle East Quarterly “Islamic Homosexualities clearly suceeds…a valuable addition to any library or interested reader’s bookshelf.” – Journal of Homosexuality
About The Author
Stephen O. Murray
Will Roscoe is the award-winning author of The Zuni Man/Womanand Queer Spirits: A Gay Men’s Myth Book and the editor of Living the Spirit: A Gay American Indian Anthology and Radically Gay: Gay Liberation in the Words of its Founder by Harry Hay.
Stephen O. Murray is a comparative sociologist who lives in San Francisco. He is the author of American Gay, Latin American Male Homosexualities, Oceanic Homosexualities, and a half dozen other books.
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