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Eunuchs and Sacred Boundaries in Islamic Society (Studies in Middle Eastern History)
Eunuchs and Sacred Boundaries in Islamic Society - Studies in Middle Eastern History
Author: Shaun Elizabeth Marmon, Shaun Marmon
In this thought-provoking interdisciplinary work, Shaun Marmon describes how eunuchs, as a category of people who embodied ambiguity, both defined and mediated critical thresholds of moral and physical space in the household, in the palace and in the tomb of pre-modern Islamic society. The author's central focus is on the sacred society of eunuc...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195071016
ISBN-10: 0195071018
Publication Date: 9/12/1995
Pages: 176
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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