Concubines and Courtesans
| Author | : Matthew Gordon |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 369 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780190622183 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0190622180 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (180 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Concubines and Courtesans by : Matthew Gordon
Download or read book Concubines and Courtesans written by Matthew Gordon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concubines and Courtesans: Women and Slavery in Islamic History contains sixteen essays on enslaved and freed women across medieval and pre-modern Islamic social history. The essays consider questions of slavery, gender, social networking, cultural production, sexuality, Islamic family law, and religion in the shaping of Near Eastern and Islamic society over time.