Publication

2007-06-15 - University Of Chicago Press

Language

English

Word Count

112,000 words, Guess

Page Count

448 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveisbn_9780226509587
  • ISBN-100226509583
  • ISBN-139780226509587
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Classifications

  • LCCDS

Description

Sexual desire has long played a key role in Western judgments about the value of Arab civilization. In the past, Westerners viewed the Arab world as licentious, and Western intolerance of sex led them to brand Arabs as decadent; but as Western society became more sexually open, the supposedly prudish Arabs soon became viewed as backward. Rather than focusing exclusively on how these views developed in the West, in Desiring Arabs Joseph A. Massad reveals the history of how Arabs represented their own sexual desires. To this aim, he assembles a massive and diverse compendium of Arabic writing fr.

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  • Desiring ArabsHardcoverUniversity Of Chicago Press2007-06-15

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