{"product_id":"9780755644698","title":"Female Sexuality in the Early Medieval Islamic World : Gender and Sex in Arabic Literature (Early and Medieval Islamic World)","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\n\n\u003cp\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 Encyclopedia of Pleasure (Jawami' al-ladhdha), 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I.B. Tauris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48698315243755,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":82.31,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780755644698-1.jpg?v=1781635451","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9780755644698","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}