In this Book
- Conceiving Identities: Maternity in Medieval Muslim Discourse and Practice
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: State University of New York Press
summary
Explores how medieval Muslim theologians constructed a female gender identity based on an ideal of maternity and how women contested it.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-18
- 2 Mapping the Maternal Body
- pp. 51-80
- 3 Paradigms of the Good Mother
- pp. 81-116
- 4 Postpartum
- pp. 117-162
- 5 Mother as Monster
- pp. 163-200
- 6 The Cure of Perfection
- pp. 201-240
- Conclusion
- pp. 241-252
- Bibliography
- pp. 349-372
Additional Information
ISBN
9781438447872
MARC Record
OCLC
862745696
Pages
404
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No