{"product_id":"female-homosexuality-in-the-middle-samar-habib-9780415956734","title":"Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHabib 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHabib also engages with recent \"gay\" historiography in the West and challenges institutionalized constructionist notions of sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samar Habib\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415956730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415956734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.39w x 0.64d","brand":"Samar Habib","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086671819007,"sku":"9780415956734","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8aaa70d-eaa1-4977-858e-ce452aea85f6.jpg?v=1769095939","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/female-homosexuality-in-the-middle-samar-habib-9780415956734","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}