Sex, Marriage, and Religion in the Middle East 1400-1900

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Examines the gendered history, politics, and culture of several Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) societies. Topics include gender roles in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Arabia; representations of women in medieval Arabic, Turkish, and Persian texts; contraception and sexuality in medieval MENA; modern Muslim women's movements and interactions with nationalism, socialism, and radical Islamism in North Africa, Egypt, and Iran; contemporary controversies over the practice of veiling; and gender representations in MENA's cinema.