%0 Journal Article
%T Cavalgada ao centro da Terra: rotas para uma er¨®tica ¨¢rabe e indiana
%A Venchi
%A Mariane
%J Cadernos Pagu
%D 2012
%I N¨²cleo de Estudos de G¨ºnero - Pagu
%R 10.1590/S0104-83332012000100010
%X this paper discusses the relevancy of western theoretical and empirical concepts such as eroticism, gender, power and religion regarding narratives from arabic, persian and indian traditions dealing with sacred sexuality. furthermore it argues about the muslim and historical concept called jahiyylia or "age of ignorance" as an essentialist concept which hides an amalgam of beliefs and ritual practices.
%K sacred eroticism
%K arab
%K persian and indian mysticism
%K orientalism.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0104-83332012000100010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en