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Religion, Gender, and Culture in the Pre-Modern World /

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This book compares shifting formulations of gender, interfaith, and ethnic relations across continents from antiquity to the Nineteenth century. Contributors address three areas: depictions of homosexual and transgendered behaviours, conceptualizations of femininity and masculinity, and the marriage...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Britt, Brian (Editor), Cuffel, Alexandra (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Series:Religion/culture/critique.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Gender Studies.
Religion and Gender.
Religious Studies, general.
Sociology of Religion.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Gender expression.
Gender identity > Religious aspects.
Gender identity.
Religion and sociology.
Religion.
Sex (Psychology)
Social sciences.
Sociology.
World history.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This book compares shifting formulations of gender, interfaith, and ethnic relations across continents from antiquity to the Nineteenth century. Contributors address three areas: depictions of homosexual and transgendered behaviours, conceptualizations of femininity and masculinity, and the marriageability of ethnic and religious minorities.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VII, 287 pages)
ISBN:9780230604292
DOI:10.1057/9780230604292