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Muslim midwives : the craft of birthing in the premodern middle east /

This book reconstructs the role of midwives in medieval to early modern Islamic history through a careful reading of a wide range of classical and medieval Arabic sources. The author casts the midwife's social status in premodern Islam as a privileged position from which she could mediate betwe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilʻadi, Avner, 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Colección:Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo