A research note on sexuality and muslim civilization

Handbook of Medieval Sexuality

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 319-327

  Roth, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203054284-17     Document Type: Chapter

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