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.
Temas:
Eunuchs > Saudi Arabia > Mecca > History.
Eunuchs > Saudi Arabia > Medina > History.
Eunuchs > Egypt > Cairo > History.
Eunuques > Arabie saoudite > La Mecque > Histoire.
Eunuques > Arabie saoudite > Médine > Histoire.
Eunuques > Égypte > Le Caire > Histoire.
Eunuchs
Manners and customs
Cairo (Egypt) > Social life and customs.
Mecca (Saudi Arabia) > Religious life and customs.
Medina (Saudi Arabia) > Religious life and customs.
Egypt > Cairo
Saudi Arabia > Mecca
Saudi Arabia > Medina
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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