Religion, gender, and culture in the pre-modern world /
This book compares shifting formulations of gender, interfaith, and ethnic relations in the Near East, Europe, the Americas, and Africa from antiquity to the nineteenth century. Contributors address three areas in pre-modern gender, religious, and cultural encounters: depictions of homosexual and tr...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2007.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
Colección: | Religion/culture/critique.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book compares shifting formulations of gender, interfaith, and ethnic relations in the Near East, Europe, the Americas, and Africa from antiquity to the nineteenth century. Contributors address three areas in pre-modern gender, religious, and cultural encounters: depictions of homosexual and transgendered behaviors, conceptualizations of femininity and masculinity, and the marriageability of ethnic and religious minorities. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 287 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780230604292 0230604293 9781403972187 1403972184 9781349533473 1349533475 |