Producing desire : changing sexual discourse in the Ottoman Middle East, 1500-1900 / Dror Ze'evi.

Author/creator Zeʼevi, Dror, 1953-
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxv, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
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Subjects

SeriesStudies on the history of society and culture ; 52
Studies on the history of society and culture 52. ^A228609
Contents The body sexual: medicine and physiognomy -- Regulating desire: sharīʻa and kanun -- Morality wars: orthodoxy, Sufism, and beardless youths -- Dream interpretation and the unconscious -- Boys in the hood: shadow theater as a sexual counter-script -- The view from without: sexuality in travel accounts -- Conclusion: modernity and sexual discourse -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-211) and index.
LCCN 2005013949
ISBN0520245644 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520245636 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520245631

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Joyner General Stacks HQ18.M52 Z44 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold