Eunuchs and Sacred Boundaries in Islamic Society
by
Shaun Marmon
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Studies in Middle Eastern History
ISBN-10
0195071018
ISBN-13
9780195071016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint
Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 18th, 1996
Print length
176 Pages
Weight
399 grams
Dimensions
22.60 x 14.80 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
IslamGender studies, gender groupsIslamic studies
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The figure of the eunuch in non-Western cultures has long been an object of mystery and mystification to the West. This book goes beyond sensationalism and stereotypes and offers a sensitive reconstruction of the historical role of the eunuch in Islam.
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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