Biography
Gul Ozyegin is Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program at the College of William and Mary. She is the author of Untidy Gender (Temple University Press, 2000) and New Desires, New Selves: Sex, Love, and Piety among Turkish Youth (New York University Press, forthcoming 2015).
'This book makes significant contributions to the current debates relating to the issues of gender, sexuality and the body in Muslim-majority countries. Moreover, and interestingly, it pursues even further the in-depth study of the ways gender and sexuality are rooted in the lived experiences of everyday life in several countries while providing the reader with exhaustive examples from different disciplines. This is an accessible and useful book for anyone interested in grasping the complexity and diversity of the ongoing gender and sexual processes in Muslim cultures, without leading to orientalistic assumptions and assumed polarities.' - Giulia D’Odorico, Ethnic and Racial Studies
‘Gender and Sexuality in Muslim Cultures, is a powerfully illuminating source for exploring a neglected field of study. This volume brings together articles examining how discourses and practices channelled by Muslim identities act upon bodily practices, intimacies, masculinities and femininities in Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran … The articles in this collection bring along ethnographic and historical accounts; and taken together, they decisively draw on embodied agency, negotiations and divergences. By doing so, this volume provides an excitingly deeper insight into how sexual and gender norms are maintained or contested.’ - Haktan Ural, Masculinities- A Journal of Identity and Culture
‘Gender and Sexuality in Muslim Cultures offers the reader a fascinating journey to delve into the nuance and complexity of what is often simply understood as "Islamic" and "Muslim."’ - Amanullah de Sondy, Gender and Society
'This is a welcome collection on sexualities and gender ideologies in Muslim majority contexts by established and emerging scholars. It fills a scholarly gap on body-focused regulations, intimacies, masculinities, and queerness. Authors focus on the "crises" produced when everyday forms of sociality challenge dominant sexual and gender ideologies and regulatory practices. This is a fresh and teachable text.' - Frances S. Hasso, Duke University, USA
'All in all, this collection introduces rich sources of information and seminal approaches to formations of Muslim identities through the lens of gender and sexuality. The articles shed light on the lived experiences by avoiding vague conceptions and overgeneralizations about Muslim cultural contexts. Thus, this collection is an excellent contribution to the literatures of gender studies and Middle East and North African Studies. Besides, the collection would also be helpful for academic scholars and students from a range of disciplines that are interested in diverse implications of global socio-economic transformations, as a number of chapters eloquently debate these global dynamics.' - Masculinities
