@inbook{64877f552cd74fdaa1d9ed84d8d08f2d,
title = "Sex and the stability of a legal gender system Dilemmas of defining intersex in Islamic law",
abstract = "Islamic law's gender system is based on a conception of humans as sexually dimorphic. The presence of nonbinary bodies, specifically the khunthā, posed a challenge to the gender system. Law practitioners, like Abd al-Rahīm al-Isnawī (d. 722/1322), attempted to redefine sex and intersexuality to stabilise the legal gender system. In an exploration of al-Isnawī's writings, I argue that he engages in a form of object translation, following Marais's typology of translation. Al-Isnawī incorporated the khuntha; into the gender system by unravelling the challenge posed by their ambiguity onto Islamic law. This redefinition effectively defines them into impossibility by legal technicalities.",
keywords = "differences of sexual development and law, gender, intersexuality, Islam and gender, Islamic law, law, legal gender, religion and gender, religion and intersexuality, translation",
author = "Almarri, {Saqer A.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 John Benjamins Publishing Company.",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.1075/btl.164.05alm",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Benjamins Translation Library",
publisher = "John Benjamins Publishing Company",
pages = "109--127",
booktitle = "Benjamins Translation Library",
address = "Netherlands",
}