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Eunuchs and Sacred Boundaries in Islamic Society.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marmon, Shaun
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cary : Oxford University Press, 1995.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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