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1 online resource (ix, 158 pages) : illustrations |
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In English. |
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Based on the author's thesis. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-156) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction ---- 1. Ahat in Islamic Thought --- 2. Literary Networks in Mamluk Cairo --- 3. Recollecting and Reconfiguring Afflicted Literary Bodies --- 4. Transgressive Bodies, Transgressive Hadith --- 5. Public Insults and Undoing Shame: Censoring the Blighted Body. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
Outlines the complex significance of bodies in the late medieval central Arab Islamic lands Did you know that blue eyes, baldness, bad breath and boils were all considered bodily 'blights' by Medieval Arabs, as were cross eyes, lameness and deafness? What assumptions about bodies influenced this particular vision of physical difference? How did blighted people view their own bodies? Through close analyses of anecdotes, personal letters, (auto)biographies, erotic poetry, non-binding legal opinions, diaristic chronicles and theological tracts, the cultural views and experiences of disability and difference in the medieval Islamic world are brought to life. Key Features Investigates the place of physically different, disabled and ill individuals in medieval Islam Organised around the lives and works of 6 Muslim men, each highlighting a different aspect of bodily difference Addresses broad cultural questions relating to social class, religious orthodoxy, moral reputation, drug use, male homoeroticism and self-representation in the public sphere Moves towards a coherent theory of medieval disability and bodily aesthetics in Islamic cultural traditions |
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This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode |
| Subject |
Sociology of disability -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500.
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Disabilities -- Social aspects -- Middle East -- To 1500.
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Early modern history : c 1450/1500 to c 1700.
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History.
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History : earliest times to present day.
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Humanities.
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HISTORY -- Medieval.
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RELIGION -- Islam -- History.
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Sociology of disability
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Middle East
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To 1500
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dissertations.
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Academic theses
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History
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Richardson, Kristina L. Difference and disability in the medieval Islamic world. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2012 9780748645077 (DLC) 2012551961 (OCoLC)769743924 |
| ISBN |
9780748645084 (electronic bk.) |
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074864508X (electronic bk.) |
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9780748664900 |
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0748664904 |
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9780748664917 |
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0748664912 |
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9780748645077 (print) |
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0748645071 (print) |
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AU@ 000055858058 |
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CHNEW 000622900 |
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CHNEW 000987486 |
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CHVBK 509473202 |
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DEBBG BV044196978 |
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DEBSZ 397426949 |
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DEBSZ 454906366 |
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GBVCP 1003717063 |
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GBVCP 896611019 |
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UKMGB 017741767 |
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