Sexuality and Islamic spirituality in early Malay writings a textual history of sex and gender Maznah Mohamad, Syahirah Rasheed

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maznah Mohamad, author.

Rasheed, Syahirah, author.

Series:

Gender and Islam series

Gender & Islam

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex--Religious aspects--Islam.

Sex.

Manuscripts, Malay.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 pages)

Place of Publication:

London I.B. Tauris 2025

Summary:

"It is argued here that before the extensive formalization of sharia laws from the late nineteenth century onwards, Islam was prominently influenced by elements of enchantment and mysticism, mirrored in its textual portrayal of passionate and sexual relations. This book’s analysis is based on Malay manuscripts and texts about the body, sex, and sexuality. These include religious guidebooks on sexual techniques and etiquette, of which some are translated from the original Arabic or Persian, but almost all of which have been adapted for local Malay relevance. Also analyzed are collections of Malay erotic poetry from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries and the only known female-authored early twentieth-century text on sex and women’s sexual pleasure. Over the centuries changing sexual norms and attitudes in the Malay world has disengaged sex and sexuality from being a crucial component of faith and spirituality—gradually receding into the discreet margins of contemporary discourse on gender relations"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Passionate spirituality through a sensuous “feminine” beloved

Reclaiming eroticism from, and reading spiritualism into animal poetry

The Kitab Jimak

The path to pleasure is orderly, and not one of careless abandon

A vaginal viewpoint

Syariah poetics on the essentials of marriage, flawless sex, and a pure body

The chaste body at the cusp of twentieth-century modernity

By way of an epilogue

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

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Other Format:

Print version Mohamad, Maznah Sexuality and Islamic spirituality in early Malay writings

ISBN:

9780755648542

0755648544

9780755648535

0755648536

9780755648528

0755648528

OCLC:

1520506820

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