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Women, Islam, and Abbasid identity /

When the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads in 750 CE and ushered in Islam s Golden Age, ideas about gender and sexuality were central to the process by which the Caliphate achieved self-definition and articulated its systems of power and thought. Nadia Maria El Cheikh s study reveals the importance of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: El-Cheikh, Nadia Maria (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:When the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads in 750 CE and ushered in Islam s Golden Age, ideas about gender and sexuality were central to the process by which the Caliphate achieved self-definition and articulated its systems of power and thought. Nadia Maria El Cheikh s study reveals the importance of women to the writing of early Islamic history.".
Descripción Física:1 online resource (160 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674089082
0674089081
9780674495968
0674495969