{"product_id":"female-sexuality-in-the-early-medieval-islamic-world-gender-and-sex-in-arabic-literature-9781838605018","title":"Female Sexuality in the Early Medieval Islamic World: Gender and Sex in Arabic Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Pernilla Myrne\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: I. B. Tauris \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: I. B. Tauris \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Middle East - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.","brand":"I. B. Tauris \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45083695317143,"sku":"9781838605018","price":16484.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781838605018.webp?v=1767898276","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/female-sexuality-in-the-early-medieval-islamic-world-gender-and-sex-in-arabic-literature-9781838605018","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}