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CHAPTER 2. The Will Not to Know
Islamic Accommodations of Male Homosexuality
- Stephen O. Murray
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatteri
- Contentsvii
- PART I. Introduction to Islamic Homosexualities
- CHAPTER 1. Introduction3
- CHAPTER 2. The Will Not to Know14
- CHAPTER 3. Precursors of Islamic Male Homosexualities55
- CHAPTER 4. Muhammad and Male Homosexuality87
- CHAPTER 5. Woman-Woman Love in Islamic Societies97
- PART II. Literary Studies
- CHAPTER 6. Vision and Passion107
- Chapter 7. Corporealizing Medieval Persian and Turkish Tropes132
- Chapter 8. Male Love and Islamic Law in Arab Spain142
- PART III. Historical Studies
- Chapter 9. Male Homosexuality, Inheritance Rules, and the Status of Women in Medieval Egypt161
- CHAPTER 10. Homosexuality among Slave Elites in Ottoman Turkey174
- CHAPTER 11. Male Homosexuality in Ottoman Albania187
- CHAPTER 12. The Balkan Sworn Virgin197
- CHAPTER 13. Some Nineteenth-Century Reports of Islamic Homosexualities204
- CHAPTER 14. Gender-Defined Homosexual Roles in Sub-Saharan African Islamic Cultures222
- PART IV. Anthropological Studies
- CHAPTER 15. Institutionalized Gender-Crossing in Southern Iraq233
- CHAPTER 16. The Sohari Khanith244
- CHAPTER 17. Male Actresses in Islamic Parts of Indonesia and the Southern Philippines256
- CHAPTER 18. Two Baluchi Buggas, a Sindhi Zenana, and the Status of Hijras in Contemporary Pakistan262
- CHAPTER 19. The Other Side of Midnight267
- CHAPTER 20. Not-So-Gay Life in Pakistan in the 1980s and 1990s275
- CHAPTER 21. Two Islamic AIDS Education Organizations297
- CHAPTER 22. Conclusion302
- Appendix321
- Authors323
- Index325
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatteri
- Contentsvii
- PART I. Introduction to Islamic Homosexualities
- CHAPTER 1. Introduction3
- CHAPTER 2. The Will Not to Know14
- CHAPTER 3. Precursors of Islamic Male Homosexualities55
- CHAPTER 4. Muhammad and Male Homosexuality87
- CHAPTER 5. Woman-Woman Love in Islamic Societies97
- PART II. Literary Studies
- CHAPTER 6. Vision and Passion107
- Chapter 7. Corporealizing Medieval Persian and Turkish Tropes132
- Chapter 8. Male Love and Islamic Law in Arab Spain142
- PART III. Historical Studies
- Chapter 9. Male Homosexuality, Inheritance Rules, and the Status of Women in Medieval Egypt161
- CHAPTER 10. Homosexuality among Slave Elites in Ottoman Turkey174
- CHAPTER 11. Male Homosexuality in Ottoman Albania187
- CHAPTER 12. The Balkan Sworn Virgin197
- CHAPTER 13. Some Nineteenth-Century Reports of Islamic Homosexualities204
- CHAPTER 14. Gender-Defined Homosexual Roles in Sub-Saharan African Islamic Cultures222
- PART IV. Anthropological Studies
- CHAPTER 15. Institutionalized Gender-Crossing in Southern Iraq233
- CHAPTER 16. The Sohari Khanith244
- CHAPTER 17. Male Actresses in Islamic Parts of Indonesia and the Southern Philippines256
- CHAPTER 18. Two Baluchi Buggas, a Sindhi Zenana, and the Status of Hijras in Contemporary Pakistan262
- CHAPTER 19. The Other Side of Midnight267
- CHAPTER 20. Not-So-Gay Life in Pakistan in the 1980s and 1990s275
- CHAPTER 21. Two Islamic AIDS Education Organizations297
- CHAPTER 22. Conclusion302
- Appendix321
- Authors323
- Index325