Islamicate Sexualities: Translations Across Temporal Geographies of Desire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780674032040)

Islamicate Sexualities: Translations across Temporal Geographies of Desire explores different genealogies of sexuality and questions some of the theoretical emphases and epistemic assumptions affecting current histories of sexuality. Concerned with the dynamic interplay between cultural constructions of gender and sexuality, the anthology moves across disciplinary fields, integrating literary criticism with social and cultural history, and establishes a dialogue between historians (Kathryn Babayan, Fr馘駻ic Lagrange, Afsaneh Najmabadi, and Everett Rowson), comparative literary scholars (Sahar Amer and Leyla Rouhi), and critical theorists of sexualities (Valerie Traub, Brad Epps, and Dina al-Kassim).

As a whole, the anthology challenges Middle Eastern Studies with questions that have arisen in recent studies of sexualities, bringing into conversation Euro-American scholarship of sexuality with that of scholars engaged in studies of sexualities across a vast cultural (Iberian, Arabic, and Iranian) and temporal field (from the tenth century to the medieval and the modern).

Author: Kathryn Babayan
ISBN-10: 0674032047
ISBN-13: 9780674032040
Publisher: Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2008
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 1.10d