Tolino, Serena (2018). Eunuchs in the Fatimid Empire: Ambiguities, Gender and Sacredness. In: Höfert, Almut; Mesley, Matthew M.; Tolino, Serena (eds.) Celibate and Childless Men in Power. Ruling Eunuchs and Bishops in the Pre-Modern World (pp. 246-266). London/New York: Routledge
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This chapter examines the roles that eunuchs had in the Fatimid empire, a shi'i dynasty that reigned in North Africa and Yemen between 297/909 and 567/1171. In this chapter it is argued that eunuchs were not understood as a 'third gender' but they were instead gendered according to the different contexts in which they acted or they were represented. To make this point clear, I look in the chapter at various kinds of courses: adab, chronicles, medical, legal and religious sources.
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Book Section (Book Chapter) |
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Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institut für Studien zum Nahen Osten und zu muslimischen Gesellschaften |
UniBE Contributor: |
Tolino, Serena |
Subjects: |
200 Religion > 290 Other religions 900 History > 950 History of Asia 900 History > 960 History of Africa |
ISBN: |
978-1-4724-5340-2 |
Publisher: |
Routledge |
Funders: |
[4] Swiss National Science Foundation |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Serena Tolino |
Date Deposited: |
13 Mar 2023 07:48 |
Last Modified: |
13 Mar 2023 23:27 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
eunuchs, Fatimid empire, slavery, gender, sacredness, Egypt |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/179761 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/179761 |
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