{"product_id":"female-sexuality-in-the-early-pernilla-myrne-9781838605018","title":"Female Sexuality in the Early Medieval Islamic World: Gender and Sex in Arabic Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the early Islamic world, Arabic erotic compendia and sex manuals were a popular literary genre. Although primarily written by male authors, the erotic publications from this era often emphasised the sexual needs of women and the importance of female romantic fulfilment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePernilla Myrne here explores this phenomenon, examining a range of Arabic literature to shed fresh light onto the complexities of female sexuality under the Abbasids and the Buyids. Based on an impressive array of neglected medical, religious-legal, literary and entertainment sources, Myrne elucidates the tension between depictions of women's strong sexual agency and their subordinated social role in various contexts. In the process she uncovers a great diversity of approaches from the 9th to the 11th century, including the sexual handbook the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Pleasure (Jawami' al-ladhdha)\u003c\/i\u003e, which portrayed the diversity of female desires, asserting the importance of mutual satisfaction through lively poems and stories. This is the first in-depth, comprehensive analysis of female sexuality in the early Islamic world and is essential reading for all scholars of Middle Eastern history and Arabic literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pernilla Myrne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1838605010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781838605018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e I. B. Tauris \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.80d","brand":"Pernilla Myrne","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078676115711,"sku":"9781838605018","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6e4af04f-5a18-4644-aa82-de5f803a8e56.jpg?v=1685476868","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/female-sexuality-in-the-early-pernilla-myrne-9781838605018","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}