Islamic female sexuality and gender in modern feminist interpretation
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 relat...
| Publicado no: | Islam and Christian-Muslim relations |
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| Tipo de documento: | Electronic/Print Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Routledge
2005
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| Em: |
Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Women
B gender problems B Gesellschaftsmodell B Islã B transformation of values B Wertewandel B Genderproblematik B Social System B Moderne Gesellschaft B Frauen B Modern Society |
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| Resumo: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 0959-6410 |
| Obras secundárias: | In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09596410500059615 |