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Zeʼevi, Dror, 1953-

Producing desire changing sexual discourse in the Ottoman Middle East, 1500-1900 / [electronic resource] : Dror Ze'evi. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006. - xv, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Studies on the history of society and culture ; 52 . - Studies on the history of society and culture ; 52. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-211) and index.

The body sexual: medicine and physiognomy -- Regulating desire: sharīʻa and kanun -- Morality wars: orthodoxy, Sufism, and beardless youths -- Dream interpretation and the unconscious -- Boys in the hood: shadow theater as a sexual counter-script -- The view from without: sexuality in travel accounts -- Conclusion: modernity and sexual discourse -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.


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Nat. Bib. No.: GBA636104 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sex customs--Middle East.
Desire.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HQ18.M52 / Z44 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 306.7/0956/0903