Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations. Habib, S. June, 2024.
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This 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. Habib 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. Habib also engages with recent "gay" historiography in the West and challenges institutionalized constructionist notions of sexuality.
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	title = {Female {Homosexuality} in the {Middle} {East}: {Histories} and {Representations}},
	url = {https://www.routledge.com/Female-Homosexuality-in-the-Middle-East-Histories-and-Representations/Habib/p/book/9780415806039},
	abstract = {This 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.

Habib 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.

Habib also engages with recent "gay" historiography in the West and challenges institutionalized constructionist notions of sexuality.},
	urldate = {2024-06-03},
	author = {Habib, Samar},
	month = jun,
	year = {2024},
	keywords = {Female homosexuality, Gay and lesbian studies, Gender, Middle East, cultural sexuality},
}

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