Concubines and Courtesans

Women and Slavery in Islamic History

(Author) Matthew S. Gordon
Format: HardCover
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Concubines and Courtesans contains sixteen essays on enslaved and freed women across medieval and pre-modern Islamic social history. The essays consider questions of slavery, gender, social networking, cultural production, sexuality, Islamic family law, and religion in the shaping of Near Eastern and Islamic society over time.

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Publisher:
Oxford University Press Inc
Format:
HardCover
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780190622183
Publish year:
2017
Publish date:
Nov. 9, 2017

Matthew S. Gordon

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