Format:
1 online resource (177 pages)
ISBN:
9780195361278
Series Statement:
Studies in Middle Eastern History Ser
Content:
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. Theauthor'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 becomehistorical guides into uncharted dimensions of Islamic ritual, political symbolism, social order, gender and time.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- 1 Cairo: Eunuchs and Sacred Boundaries -- 2 Madina: Sultan and Prophet -- 3 More Exalted Than the Service of Kings -- 4 Eunuchs, Children, and Time -- 5 The Longue Durée of the Eunuchs of the Prophet -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780195071016
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780195071016
Additional Edition:
Print version Eunuchs and Sacred Boundaries in Islamic Society
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=271420
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