The Lineaments of Desire in Arab-Muslim Culture

Q: Do some founding myths affect how the gendered body is perceived within Islam? Is there one myth or several about the place of the androgyne in Arab-Muslim culture? A: There's no such thing as the androgyne, in the European sense. But we do have literary myths associated with androgyny: The Thousand and One Nights is where the concept is best illustrated. And this is such a well-known text, one in fact that Pasolini translated into light and images in the film that famously bears its name

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