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(I explain the LHMP here and provide a cumulative index.)
This finishes up Habib's edition of historic Arabic texts relating to sex between women. As she notes in her discussions, after around the 13th century, the overall tone shifts from the more open-minded (though still disapproving) exploration of ideas and categories found in the earlier material to a fairly consistent condemnation. By this period, it was generally accepted that the behavior was prohibited by hadith, which left little room for argument.
To finish out the month (with a little spill-over into June) I have one more book to blog. After that, as previously announced, I'll be taking a break from posting new material to focus on my novel. I plan to post re-runs of some of my favorite publications and other associated material once a week, just to keep the Project in people's minds. And when I have another novel or two completed, I'll think about starting it up again. (Especially if I have evidence that there's a strong interest out there.)
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Habib, Samar. 2009. Arabo-Islamic Texts on Female Homosexuality: 850-1780 A.D. Teneo Press, Youngstown. ISBN 978-1-934844-11-3
From “Diwan Al-Sababa” by Ibn Abi Hajala (c. 1421)
Criticism of a particular tribe as promiscuous, where the women are preoccupied with grinding.
From “Kanz Al-Umal” by Al-Mutqee Al-Hindi (ca. 1597)
References to legal prohibitions on both female and male homosexuality.
From “Salwat Al-Ahzan lil Ijtinab ‘an Mujalasat al-Ahdath wal Niswan” by al-Mashtoolee (c. 1787)
A list of religious quotations prohibiting grinding as fornication.
Prohibitions on effeminate men and masculine women.
From “Wafi Bil Wafiyat” by Al-Safadi (d. 1787)
A satire on a woman, accusing her of being a grinder.
This finishes up Habib's edition of historic Arabic texts relating to sex between women. As she notes in her discussions, after around the 13th century, the overall tone shifts from the more open-minded (though still disapproving) exploration of ideas and categories found in the earlier material to a fairly consistent condemnation. By this period, it was generally accepted that the behavior was prohibited by hadith, which left little room for argument.
To finish out the month (with a little spill-over into June) I have one more book to blog. After that, as previously announced, I'll be taking a break from posting new material to focus on my novel. I plan to post re-runs of some of my favorite publications and other associated material once a week, just to keep the Project in people's minds. And when I have another novel or two completed, I'll think about starting it up again. (Especially if I have evidence that there's a strong interest out there.)
* * *
Habib, Samar. 2009. Arabo-Islamic Texts on Female Homosexuality: 850-1780 A.D. Teneo Press, Youngstown. ISBN 978-1-934844-11-3
From “Diwan Al-Sababa” by Ibn Abi Hajala (c. 1421)
Criticism of a particular tribe as promiscuous, where the women are preoccupied with grinding.
From “Kanz Al-Umal” by Al-Mutqee Al-Hindi (ca. 1597)
References to legal prohibitions on both female and male homosexuality.
From “Salwat Al-Ahzan lil Ijtinab ‘an Mujalasat al-Ahdath wal Niswan” by al-Mashtoolee (c. 1787)
A list of religious quotations prohibiting grinding as fornication.
Prohibitions on effeminate men and masculine women.
From “Wafi Bil Wafiyat” by Al-Safadi (d. 1787)
A satire on a woman, accusing her of being a grinder.
