Serena Tolino
Biographic Data
| ID | 5905564 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Serena Tolino |
| GIVEN NAMES | Serena |
| FAMILY NAME | Tolino |
| SIGNATURE | TOLINO S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Hamburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7740-5805 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Gary Leiser , Prostitution in the Eastern Mediterranean World. The Economics of Sex in the Late Antique and Medieval Middle East , London
Article Gary Leiser, Prostitution in the Eastern Mediterranean World. The Economics of Sex in the Late Antique and Medieval Middle East, London: I.B. Tauris, 2017, 332 pp. ISBN-13: 978-1784536527. was published on April 1, 2022 in the journal Der Islam (volume 99, issue 1)
Eunuchs in the Sunnī Legal Discourse
In this paper I focus on how Muslim jurists gendered and discussed castrated men – eunuchs. Eunuchs were a common characteristic of many pre-modern societies, well beyond Islamic contexts. Far from being only “harem guardians”, they had a very important role in court politics and in dynastical decisions but also in the military and the administrative sphere. Numerous sources confirm that their presence in several Islamic courts must have been imp…
Gender Equality and Women’s Rights in the Constitutions of the Middle Eastern and North African Countries
Gender Equality in the Egyptian Constitution
In this article I analyse how the political changes that were triggered by the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 affected women’s rights on the constitutional level. Through a longue durée perspective, I look at women’s rights starting from the 1923 Constitution. I then focus particularly on the two post-revolutionary constitutions (2012 and 2014) and on what they meant for gender equality. Even though the different constitutional texts represent the m…
Celibate and Childless Men in Power
(G) Transgenderism, Transsexuality and SexReassignment Surgery in Contemporary Sunni Fatwas
This paper analyses the contemporary Sunni discourse on transgenderism, transsexuality and sexreassignment surgery (SRS), looking at contemporary fatwas by traditionalist jurists. After a terminological introduction to the semantic field of transsexuality and transgenderism in the international discourse and in the Arab world, the paper analyses the verses in the Quran and the relevant hadiths that are mentioned in the contemporary discussion, be…
(B) Introduction - Minorities as Subjects and Minorities as Producers of Islamic Law
No abstract available
THEMED Section - (a-l, complete)
No abstract available
Gender Equality in the Egyptian Constitution
In this article I analyse how the political changes that were triggered by the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 affected women’s rights on the constitutional level. Through a longue durée perspective, I look at women’s rights starting from the 1923 Constitution. I then focus particularly on the two post-revolutionary constitutions (2012 and 2014) and on what they meant for gender equality. Even though the different constitutional texts represent the m…
(G) Transgenderism, Transsexuality and SexReassignment Surgery in Contemporary Sunni Fatwas
This paper analyses the contemporary Sunni discourse on transgenderism, transsexuality and sexreassignment surgery (SRS), looking at contemporary fatwas by traditionalist jurists. After a terminological introduction to the semantic field of transsexuality and transgenderism in the international discourse and in the Arab world, the paper analyses the verses in the Quran and the relevant hadiths that are mentioned in the contemporary discussion, be…
(B) Introduction - Minorities as Subjects and Minorities as Producers of Islamic Law
No abstract available
THEMED Section - (a-l, complete)
No abstract available
Celibate and Childless Men in Power
Gender Equality and Women’s Rights in the Constitutions of the Middle Eastern and North African Countries
Gender Equality in the Egyptian Constitution
In this article I analyse how the political changes that were triggered by the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 affected women’s rights on the constitutional level. Through a longue durée perspective, I look at women’s rights starting from the 1923 Constitution. I then focus particularly on the two post-revolutionary constitutions (2012 and 2014) and on what they meant for gender equality. Even though the different constitutional texts represent the m…
Gary Leiser , Prostitution in the Eastern Mediterranean World. The Economics of Sex in the Late Antique and Medieval Middle East , London
Article Gary Leiser, Prostitution in the Eastern Mediterranean World. The Economics of Sex in the Late Antique and Medieval Middle East, London: I.B. Tauris, 2017, 332 pp. ISBN-13: 978-1784536527. was published on April 1, 2022 in the journal Der Islam (volume 99, issue 1)
Eunuchs in the Sunnī Legal Discourse
In this paper I focus on how Muslim jurists gendered and discussed castrated men – eunuchs. Eunuchs were a common characteristic of many pre-modern societies, well beyond Islamic contexts. Far from being only “harem guardians”, they had a very important role in court politics and in dynastical decisions but also in the military and the administrative sphere. Numerous sources confirm that their presence in several Islamic courts must have been imp…
Sociology (7 works) · Islamic Studies and History (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Islam (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · History (3 works) · Marriage and Sexual Relationships (3 works) · Theology (3 works)