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When Sun Meets Moon: Gender, Eros, and Ecstasy in Urdu Poetry (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks)
Scott Kugle
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Paperback. The two Muslim poets featured in Scott Kugle's comparative study lived separate lives during the eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries in the Deccan region of southern India. Here, they meet in the realm of literary imagination, illuminating the complexity of gender, sexuality, and religious practice in South Asian Islamic culture. Series: Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 halftones, 2 figs., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2BMU; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
The two Muslim poets featured in Scott Kugle's comparative study lived separate lives during the eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries in the Deccan region of southern India. Here, they meet in the realm of literary imagination, illuminating the complexity of gender, sexuality, and religious practice in South Asian Islamic culture. Shah Siraj Awrangabadi (1715-1763), known as ""Sun,"" was a Sunni who, after a youthful homosexual love affair, gave up sexual relationships to follow a path of personal holiness. Mah Laqa Bai Chanda (1768-1820), known as ""Moon,"" was a Shi'i and courtesan dancer who transferred her seduction of men to the ... Read more
The two Muslim poets featured in Scott Kugle's comparative study lived separate lives during the eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries in the Deccan region of southern India. Here, they meet in the realm of literary imagination, illuminating the complexity of gender, sexuality, and religious practice in South Asian Islamic culture. Shah Siraj Awrangabadi (1715-1763), known as ""Sun,"" was a Sunni who, after a youthful homosexual love affair, gave up sexual relationships to follow a path of personal holiness. Mah Laqa Bai Chanda (1768-1820), known as ""Moon,"" was a Shi'i and courtesan dancer who transferred her seduction of men to the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Series
Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469626772
SKU
V9781469626772
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About Scott Kugle
Scott Kugle, associate professor of South Asian and Islamic studies at Emory University, USA is the author of Sufis and Saints’ Bodies: Mysticism, Corporeality, and Sacred Power in Islam.
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