{"product_id":"eunuchs-and-sacred-boundaries-in-shaun-elizabeth-marmon-9780195071016","title":"Eunuchs and Sacred Boundaries in Islamic Society","description":"In this thought-provoking interdisciplinary work, Shaun Marmon describes how eunuchs, as a category of people who embodied ambiguity, both defined and mediated critical thresholds of moral and physical space in the household, in the palace and in the tomb of pre-modern Islamic society. The author's central focus is on the sacred society of eunuchs who guarded the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina for over six centuries and whose last representatives still perform many of their time honored rituals to this day. Through Marmon's account, the \"sacred\" eunuchs of Medina become historical guides into uncharted dimensions of Islamic ritual, political symbolism, social order, gender and time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shaun Elizabeth Marmon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195071018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195071016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.88h x 5.84w x 0.66d","brand":"Shaun Elizabeth Marmon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48435278479615,"sku":"9780195071016","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d890d3a2-e87a-4f5e-923f-78a163bfae0f.jpg?v=1777149381","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/eunuchs-and-sacred-boundaries-in-shaun-elizabeth-marmon-9780195071016","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}