Barren Women : Religion and Medicine in the Medieval Middle East / Sara Verskin
(Islam - thought, culture, and society, ; volume 2)
データ種別 | 電子ブック |
---|---|
出版者 | Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter |
出版年 | [2020] |
本文言語 | 英語 |
大きさ | 1 online resource (XIV, 310 p.) |
書誌詳細を非表示
資料種別 | 機械可読データファイル |
---|---|
一般注記 | Barren Women is the first scholarly book to explore the ramifications of being infertile in the medieval Arab-Islamic world. Through an examination of legal texts, medical treatises, and works of religious preaching, Sara Verskin illuminates how attitudes toward mixed-gender interactions; legal theories pertaining to marriage, divorce, and inheritance; and scientific theories of reproduction contoured the intellectual and social landscape infertile women had to navigate. In so doing, she highlights underappreciated vulnerabilities and opportunities for women's autonomy within the system of Islamic family law, and explores the diverse marketplace of medical ideas in the medieval world and the perceived connection between women's health practices and religious heterodoxy. Featuring copious translations of primary sources and minimal theoretical jargon, Barren Women provides a multidimensional perspective on the experience of infertility, while also enhancing our understanding of institutions and modes of thought which played significant roles in shaping women's lives more broadly Open Access In English Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-302) and index BRAIS -- De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World, 2018 Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020) funded by Knowledge Unlatched |
著者標目 | *Verskin, Sara, Knowledge Unlatched |
件 名 | LCSH:Islam. Bahai Faith. Theosophy, etc LCSH:Medicine (General) LCSH:Middle Ages BSH:Familienrecht BSH:Frauen BSH:Islam BSH:Islamic family law BSH:Unfruchtbarkeit BSH:Women in Islam BSH:history of medicine BSH:infertility FREE:Middle Ages LCSH:Electronic books FREE:History |
分 類 | DC23:297.265 |
書誌ID | ED00003087 |
ISBN | 9783110596588 |