Eunuchs and Sacred Boundaries in Islamic Society (e-bog) af Marmon, Shaun
Marmon, Shaun (forfatter)

Eunuchs and Sacred Boundaries in Islamic Society e-bog

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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 eunuchs who guarded the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad in...
E-bog 1313,81 DKK
Forfattere Marmon, Shaun (forfatter)
Udgivet 26 oktober 1995
Genrer HRH
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780195361278
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 eunuchs who guarded the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina for over six centuries and whose last representatives still perform many of their time honored rituals to this day. Through Marmon's account, the "e;sacred"e; eunuchs of Medina become historical guides into uncharted dimensions of Islamic ritual, political symbolism, social order, gender and time.