Eunuchs and Sacred Boundaries in Islamic Society (1995) [STUDIES. IN MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY]
Shaun Marmon
In this thought-provoking interdisciplinary work, Shaun Marmon describes how eunuchs, as a category of people who embodied ambiguity, both defined and mediated critical thresholds of moral and physical space in the household, in the palace and in the tomb of pre-modern Islamic society. The author's central focus is on the sacred society of eunuchs who guarded the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina for over six centuries and whose last representatives still perform many of their time honored rituals to this day. Through Marmon's account, the "sacred" eunuchs of Medina become historical guides into uncharted dimensions of Islamic ritual, political symbolism, social order, gender and time.
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Tahun:
1995
Penerbit:
oxford university press
Bahasa:
english
Halaman:
176
ISBN 10:
1429406380
ISBN 13:
9781429406383
Nama seri:
STUDIES IN MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY
File:
PDF, 9.23 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1995
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