Date:
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Time:
07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World
When: Wed, Dec 12, 7:30pm - 9pm
Where: Kresge Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St.
Harvard Professor Khaled El-Rouayheb will discuss his recent book,
"Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500-1800." Drawing
on poetry, belles lettres, biographical literature, medicine,
physiognomy, dream interpretation, and Islamic legal, mystical, and
homiletic texts, he shows that the culture of the period lacked the
concept of homosexuality. Instead, paramount importance was given to
distinctions that are not captured by that term -- between active and
passive sexual roles, between passionate infatuation and lust, and
between penetrative and non-penetrative intercourse.
This event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the
Harvard GSAS Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Graduate Student Association
(LBGGS) and the Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus (HGLC).
For more information contact:
Robert Mack
617-441-9498
rmack@post.harvard.edu
http://hglc.org
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