Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations

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Samar Habib (University of Sydney, Australia) Samar Habib (University of Sydney, Australia)

Female Homosexuality in the Middle East

Histories and Representations

Samar Habib (University of Sydney, Australia), Samar Habib (University of Sydney, Australia)

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English

Routledge
29 April 2009

Literature: history & criticism; Regional studies; Middle Eastern history; African history; Religion: general; Cultural studies; Lesbian studies

Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society

"This book, the first full-length study of its kind, dares to probe the biggest taboo in contemporary Arab culture with scholarly intent and integrity - female homosexuality.

Habib argues that female homosexuality has a long history in Arabic literature and scholarship, beginning in the ninth century, and she traces the destruction of Medieval discourses on female homosexuality and the replacement of these with a new religious orthodoxy that is no longer permissive of a variety of sexual behaviours.

Habib also engages with recent ""gay"" historiography in the West and challenges institutionalized constructionist notions of sexuality."

By: Samar Habib (University of Sydney Australia), Samar Habib (University of Sydney, Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 390g
ISBN: 9780415806039
ISBN 10: 0415806038
Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society
Pages: 212
Publication Date: 29 April 2009
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations

This book questions the persistence of the emotionally alienated male in narratives of white, middle-class masculinity and addresses the political and social implications of male emotional expression. -- Brandeis Review This collection of eleven scholarly essays successfully combines a cultural history of male emotion with detailed readings of male-authored texts... Shamir and Travis's collection discovers male emotionality to be far more intricate than many facile equations of masculine subjectivity... are inclined to allow for. -- Berthold Schoene, Modernism/Modernity