ISBN:
9780195361278
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (177 pages)
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Nasr, Ahmad A. EUNUCHS IN ISLAMIC SOCIETY 2001
Series Statement:
Studies in Middle Eastern History Ser
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Print version Eunuchs and Sacred Boundaries in Islamic Society
DDC:
305.9/066
Keywords:
Eunuchs History
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Eunuchs History
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Eunuchs History
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Cairo (Egypt) ; Social life and customs
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Eunuchs ; Egypt ; Cairo ; History
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Eunuchs ; Saudi Arabia ; Mecca ; History
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Eunuchs ; Saudi Arabia ; Medina ; History
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Mecca (Saudi Arabia) ; Religious life and customs
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Medina (Saudi Arabia) ; Religious life and customs
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Electronic books
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Medina (Saudi Arabia) Religious life and customs
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Mecca (Saudi Arabia) Religious life and customs
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Cairo (Egypt) Social life and customs
Abstract:
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's central focus is on the sacred society of eunuchs who guarded the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina for over six centuries and whose last representatives still perform many of their time honored rituals to this day. Through Marmon's account, the "sacred" eunuchs of Medina becomehistorical guides into uncharted dimensions of Islamic ritual, political symbolism, social order, gender and time.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- 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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