Queering the medieval Mediterranean: transcultural sea of sex, gender, identity, and culture

"In ten essays authored by an international team of scholars, this volume explores queer readings of Western and Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Northern Africa, Islam and Arabic traditions. The contributors enter into a dialogue, comparing cases from opposite sides of the Mediterranean, in order...

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Weitere Verfasser: Rojas, Felipe E. (HerausgeberIn), Thompson, Peter E. 19XX- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2021]
Schriftenreihe:The medieval Mediterranean volume 121
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Zusammenfassung:"In ten essays authored by an international team of scholars, this volume explores queer readings of Western and Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Northern Africa, Islam and Arabic traditions. The contributors enter into a dialogue, comparing cases from opposite sides of the Mediterranean, in order to analyze the forgotten exchange of sexualities that was brought forth through the Mediterranean and its bordering landmasses during the Middle Ages. This collection questions the hypothesis that distinct cultures treated sexuality and the "other" differently. The volume initiates the conversation around queerness and sexuality, and, while it problematizes the difference between various Mediterranean cultutres, it argues that through both queerness and sexuality, neighboring civilzations had access to, and knowledge of, common shared experiences. The collection shows that the Mediterranean was truly a transcultural sea of sex, gender, identity and culture."
Beschreibung:X, 248 Seiten
ISBN:9789004315150