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Sexuality and Islamic Spirituality in Early Malay Writings: A Textual History of Sex and Gender

Sexuality and Islamic Spirituality in Early Malay Writings: A Textual History of Sex and Gender

Mohamad, Maznah
Rasheed, Syahirah

Paperback

Series: Gender and Islam

Religion General IslamGeneral Gender Studies

PREORDER - Expected ship date February 18, 2027

ISBN10: 0755648552
ISBN13: 9780755648559
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Published: Feb 18 2027
Pages: 268
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

It is argued here that before the extensive formalization of sharia laws from the late nineteenth century onwards, Islam was prominently influenced by elements of enchantment and mysticism, mirrored in its textual portrayal of passionate and sexual relations.

This book's analysis is based on Malay manuscripts and texts about the body, sex, and sexuality. These include religious guidebooks on sexual techniques and etiquette, of which some are translated from the original Arabic or Persian, but almost all of which have been adapted for local Malay relevance. Also analyzed are collections of Malay erotic poetry from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries and the only known female-authored early twentieth-century text on sex and women's sexual pleasure.

Over the centuries changing sexual norms and attitudes in the Malay world has disengaged sex and sexuality from being a crucial component of faith and spirituality-gradually receding into the discreet margins of contemporary discourse on gender relations.

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