Conceiving Identities : Maternity in Medieval Muslim Discourse and Practice /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kueny, Kathryn, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany [N.Y.] : State University of New York Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women in Islam.
Motherhood > Religious aspects > Islam.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Femmes dans l'islam.
Maternite > Aspect religieux > Islam.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Generating normative discourse
  • On wombs, women and the hand of god: the bearing of life in the Qurʼan
  • Mapping the maternal body: the mechanics of reproduction
  • Paradigms of the good mother
  • Postpartum: public rituals and embodied practices
  • Mothers as monsters
  • The cure of perfection
  • Conclusion: the making of medieval Muslim mothers.

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