Sex and the Citadel
Subtitle: intimate life in a changing Arab world
By: Shereen El Feki
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780307377395
Subjects: Social conditions; Sexual behavior; Egyptians; Sex; Women
Description: A groundbreaking examination of changing sexual attitudes and behaviors in the Middle East identifies the sexual factors behind key political, economic, social, and religious trends impacting the region.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A Note on Language
pagenum: xi; title: Introduction
pagenum: xiii; title: Shifting positions-a brief history of sex
pagenum: 3; title: Desperate housewives-love, sex and marriage
pagenum: 27; title: Sex and the single Arab
pagenum: 93; title: Facts of life-sexual education, contraception, abortion and unwed motherhood
pagenum: 134; title: Sex for sale
pagenum: 180; title: Dare to be different-sexual orientation and gender identity
pagenum: 216; title: Come the revolution.
pagenum: 278; title: Notes
pagenum: 297; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 317; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 333; title: Index
pagenum: 335