RT Article
T1 Islamic female sexuality and gender in modern feminist interpretation
JF Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
VO 16
IS 2
SP 129
OP 140
A1 Shlala, Elizabeth H.
LA English
PB Routledge
YR 2005
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/597089078
AB Sexuality, gender and patriarchy are modern concepts that Western feminist scholars have unquestioningly utilized in their historical inquiry into women in Islam without ample consideration of periodization or problemization. Within the revelation of the Qur'an, the sexes were gendered in relation to each other in a reflection of their physical and biological complementarity. There was not, however, the construction of sexuality and gendering that is evident in the patriarchal society of the modern world. In this essay, I will attempt to trace the historiographical evolution of female sexuality from the time of the Prophet until the Middle Ages, particularly through the development of the female gendered roles of wifehood and motherhood as found in the Qur'an, hadith and fiqh. Additionally, I will argue that until the present these modern constructs have been taken for granted by postmodern scholarship on the topic across many academic disciplines. This has led to scholarship that superimposes modern conceptual frameworks upon earlier time periods. Although these are modern concepts, they may be aptly applied to discourses evident in the period under review, but they must be properly clarified and situated. Furthermore, I myself will work with these concepts, but I will problematize them to show history as a process through which one can find the precursors for modern sexuality and gender construction.
K1 Gesellschaftsmodell
K1 Islam
K1 Frauen
K1 Genderproblematik
K1 Moderne Gesellschaft
K1 Wertewandel
K1 Social System
K1 Women
K1 gender problems
K1 Modern Society
K1 transformation of values
DO 10.1080/09596410500059615