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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In the early Islamic world, Arabic erotic compendia and sex manuals were a popular literary genre. Although primarily written by male authors, the erotic publications from this era often emphasised the sexual needs of women and the importance of female romantic fulfilment. <br/><br/>Pernilla Myrne here explores this phenomenon, examining a range of Arabic literature to shed fresh light onto the complexities of female sexuality under the Abbasids and the Buyids. Based on an impressive array of neglected medical, religious-legal, literary and entertainment sources, Myrne elucidates the tension between depictions of women's strong sexual agency and their subordinated social role in various contexts. In the process she uncovers a great diversity of approaches from the 9th to the 11th century, including the sexual handbook the <i>Encyclopedia of Pleasure (Jawami' al-ladhdha)</i>, which portrayed the diversity of female desires, asserting the importance of mutual satisfaction through lively poems and stories. This is the first in-depth, comprehensive analysis of female sexuality in the early Islamic world and is essential reading for all scholars of Middle Eastern history and Arabic literature.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>PERNILLA MYRNE is Associate Professor of Arabic Literature and<br>History at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, from where she also<br>received her PhD. She has published several peer-reviewed articles and<br>chapters on gender and sexuality in the early Islamic world.</p>

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