"We, the Sexologists...": Arabic Medical Writing on Sexuality, 1879–1943

[...]the subject of these debates was decidedly gendered, as the body of the young effendi (an emerging class of middle-class profes- sionals) man became a site of discipline and self-discipline. Sexual discourses from the late nineteenth century onward emerged within such colonial discourse on diff...

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Published in:Journal of the history of sexuality 2013-09, Vol.22 (3), p.426-445
Main Author: KOZMA, LIAT
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
Al-Hilal
Al-Muqtataf
Analysis
Arabs
Discipline
Egypt
Exercise
Gays & lesbians
Gender
Homosexuality
Literary works
Masturbation
Medical practice
Men
Modern literature
Periodicals
Physical activity
Political debate
Prostitution
Science
Sex research
Sex workers
Sexology
Sexual behaviour
Sexual health
Sexual self stimulation
Sexuality
Sociology
Studies
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Summary:[...]the subject of these debates was decidedly gendered, as the body of the young effendi (an emerging class of middle-class profes- sionals) man became a site of discipline and self-discipline. Sexual discourses from the late nineteenth century onward emerged within such colonial discourse on difference. [...]Western assumptions of the inherent incompatibility of Arabs and/or Muslims for modernity set the terms of the 13 debate that emerged within Ottoman/Arab/Egyptian middle-class circles.
ISSN:1043-4070
1535-3605
DOI:10.7560/JHS22303