Islam, Gender, Sexuality

In this course, we examine major themes and debates around gender and sexuality in Islamic contexts, investigating how gender informs social, political, religious, and family life in Muslim cultures. We employ a chronological approach to these topics, beginning with the status of women in seventh century Arabia, to the period of Islamic expansion across Asia, North Africa, and the Iberian Peninsula, to the colonial period ending with the contemporary US contexts, wherein debates over the status of Muslim women in society have emerged with renewed vigor.
Course Attributes: EN H; BU Hum; BU BA; BU IS; AS HUM; AS LCD; FA HUM; AR HUM

Islam, Gender, Sexuality

JEWISH, ISLAMIC AND MIDDLE EAST STUDIES 362A

Section 01