Producing desire: changing sexual discourse in the Ottoman Middle East, 1500 - 1900

The body sexual: medicine and physiognomy -- Regulating desire: sharīʻa and kanun -- Morality wars: orthodoxy, Sufism, and beardless youths -- Dream interpretation and the unconscious -- Boys in the hood: shadow theater as a sexual counter-script -- The view from without: sexuality in travel account...

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Published in:Studies on the history of society and culture
Main Author: Zeʾevi, Deror 1953- (Author)
Contributors: Zeʾevi, Dror 1953- (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.] University of Californiarnia Press c 2006
In: Studies on the history of society and culture (52)
Reviews:[Rezension von: Ze'evi, Dror, Producing Desire: Changing Sexual Discourse in the Ottoman Middle East, 1500-1900] (2009) (Teter, Magda)
Series/Journal:Studies on the history of society and culture 52
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Asiatischer Teil, Ottoman Empire / Sexual behavior / History 1500-1900
B Asiatischer Teil, Ottoman Empire / Sexual ethics / History 1500-1900
B Ottoman Empire / Near East / Ethics / Sexuality / Islamic law
B History
Further subjects:B Desire
B Sex customs (Middle East)
B Sex customs Middle East
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Summary:The body sexual: medicine and physiognomy -- Regulating desire: sharīʻa and kanun -- Morality wars: orthodoxy, Sufism, and beardless youths -- Dream interpretation and the unconscious -- Boys in the hood: shadow theater as a sexual counter-script -- The view from without: sexuality in travel accounts -- Conclusion: modernity and sexual discourse -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-211) and index. - Formerly CIP
ISBN:0520245644

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