histories and representations
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Habib, Samar
- Publish Year
- 2009
- Shelfmark
- NO 3 2009
- Thesaurus
- lesbianisme, lesbische vrouwen, film, literatuur, islam, theorieën, historisch, Midden-Oosten
- Description
- 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. She also engages with recent gay historiography in the West and challenges institutionalized constructionist notions.