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Muhammad's body : baraka networks and the prophetic assemblage /

"Muhammad's Body introduces questions of embodiment and materiality to the study of the Prophet Muhammad. Analyzing classical Muslim literary representations of Muhammad's body as they emerge in Sunni hadith and sira from the eighth through the eleventh centuries CE, Michael Muhammad...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Knight, Michael Muhammad (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Series:Islamic civilization & Muslim networks.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: What can a prophetic body do?
  • Reading the prophetic body: genealogy, physiognomy, and witness
  • Muhammad's heart: the modified body
  • Bottling Muhammad: corporeal traces
  • The sex of revelation: prophethood and gendered bodies
  • Secreting baraka: Muhammad's body after Muhammad
  • Conclusions: The Nabi without organs (NwO).