Course Description
This course examines concepts of gender and sexuality in the Middle East – with emphasis on Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan - in the 19th and 20th centuries. It revisits the cases of women in Harems, in the society and in politics in order to re-evaluate the facts and fictions on the concepts of beauty, sexuality and power. It also focuses on the more modern period with analysis on homosexuality, transsexuality and feminism. The course has a historical approach with reviewing some theories on sexuality, citizenship and religious laws (shariʻa.)
Source: Class syllabus
Online Reference Works
A Dictionary of Politics in the Middle EastPublication Date: 2018
Reference Books
Islam in the World TodayCall Number: HAT Reference BP161.2 .D46613 2010ISBN: 9780801445712Publication Date: 2010
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and WomenCall Number: HAT Reference BP173.4 .O94 2013ISBN: 9780199764464Publication Date: 2013
A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá'I FaithCall Number: HAT Reference BP327 .S54 2000ISBN: 1851681841Publication Date: 1999
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic WorldCall Number: HAT Reference DS35.53 .O96 2009ISBN: 9780195305135Publication Date: 2009
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North AfricaCall Number: HAT Reference DS43 .E53 2004ISBN: 9780028657691Publication Date: 2004-06-01
Middle East and South Asia 2015-2016Call Number: HAT Reference DS44 .C55ISBN: 1475818785Publication Date: 2015
Pop Culture in North Africa and the Middle EastCall Number: HAT Reference DS57 .H265 2017ISBN: 1440833834Publication Date: 2017
Historical Dictionary of IraqCall Number: HAT Reference DS70.9 .G47 2004ISBN: 0810843307Publication Date: 2004
International Encyclopedia of Women and SportsCall Number: HAT Reference GV709 .I58 2000ISBN: 0028649540Publication Date: 1999
The Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender HistoryCall Number: HAT Reference HQ73 .G56 2019ISBN: 0684325535Publication Date: 2019
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues WorldwideCall Number: HAT Reference HQ1115 .G74 2003ISBN: 0313318883Publication Date: 2003Volume 4: Middle East and North Africa
Women's Lives Around the WorldCall Number: HAT Reference HQ1115 .W6437 2018ISBN: 1610697111Publication Date: 2018Volume 1, Africa and the Middle East
Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic CulturesCall Number: HAT Reference HQ1170 .E53 2003ISBN: 9789004132467Publication Date: 2007Volume 2: Family, Law, and Politics
Volume 3: Family, Body, Sexuality and Health
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