Sexuality in Islam
Author:   Abdelwahab Bouhdiba
Publisher:   Saqi Books
ISBN:  

9780863564932


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   31 January 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Abdelwahab Bouhdiba
Publisher:   Saqi Books
Imprint:   Saqi Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.341kg
ISBN:  

9780863564932


ISBN 10:   0863564933
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   31 January 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface vii Part I: The Islamic view of sexuality 1 1 The Quran and the question of sexuality 7 2 Sexual prohibitions in Islam 14 3 The eternal and Islamic feminine 19 4 The frontier of the sexes 30 5 Purity lost, purity regained 43 6 Commerce with the invisible 58 7 The infinite orgasm 72 8 The sexual and the sacral 88 Part II: Sexual practice in Islam 101 9 Sexuality and sociality 103 10 Variations on eroticism: misogyny, mysticism and 'mujun' 116 11 Erotology 140 12 Certain practices 159 13 In the kingdom of the mothers 212 Conclusion 231 Notes 250 Bibliography 273

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'Readable and informative ... an imaginative and off-beat sourcebook' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute


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Born in 1932 in Kairouan, Tunisia, Abdelwahab Bouhdiba is Professor of Islamic Sociology at the University of Tunis, where he is also Director of the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Economiques et Sociales. He has served as an adviser for international organisations such as the UNESCO and the UN, and for the Tunisian government, on issues dealing with development and human rights. He was awarded the Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture in 2004. Author location: Tunisia

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