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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2015.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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.". |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (160 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780674089082 0674089081 9780674495968 0674495969 |