Beforescientia sexualisin Islamic culture
Ilm Al-Bāhbetween Erotology, Medicine and Pornography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3041003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick Franke (0000-0001-7520-2764, University of Bamberg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 161-173 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-4630 • E-ISSN: 1363-0296 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13504630.2012.652843 |
| OpenAlex | W2008910746 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 7 |
Although sexuality is a theoretical concept not invented until the nineteenth century, sexual matters have of course been discussed in premodern cultures, though under other labels. In the premodern Islamic world, traditional jurisprudence (fiqh) with its inclusion of the thematic fields of ‘marriage’ (nikāh) and ‘ritual purity’ (tahāra) offered an opportunity to speak about the details of sexual life. In addition, premodern Islamic culture had a separate science concerned with sexual intercourse. ‘Ilm al-bāh, as it was called (bāh being the Arabic word for coitus), was a hybrid discipline in which different scientific concepts and literary genres were intermingled. But since all available information on sexual matters has been accumulated under the umbrella of this discipline, it can be considered a precursor to modern sexual science. Whereas most of what has been published about ‘ilm al-bāh in the West until now is limited to mere bibliographical surveys, this paper shall offer a more theoretical appraisal of this field of knowledge which also takes into account the epistemological shifts over the last decades in the historiography of sexuality
Fiqh · Historiography · Human sexuality · Islam · Islamization · Jurisprudence · Political science · Pornography · Sharia · Sociology · Theology · Families in Therapy and Culture · Gender Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Philosophy
Discussing Ghayra in Abbasid Literature
Los escenarios eróticos de al-Ḥiŷāzī (m. 1470), a través de El jengibre penetrante para copular con aquellas que visten el burka
The Construction and Reconstruction of Sexuality in the Arab World
Modern European sexological and orientalist assimilations of medieval Islamicate ‘ ilm al-bah to erotology
Gender Non‐Conformity in Islamic Studies and Muslim Communities Across Times and Theoretical Frameworks
Mahbûbperest , uranist and transvestite
Sex Manuals in Malay Manuscripts as Another Transcript of Gender Relations
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,58 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |