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Barren women: religion and medicine in the medieval Middle East
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Abstract This book explores the ramifications of being infertile in the medieval Arab-Islamic world by examining legal texts, medical treatises, and works of religious preaching. The author illuminates how attitudes toward mixed-gender interactions legal theories pertaining to marriage, divorce, and inherita... view more
This book explores the ramifications of being infertile in the medieval Arab-Islamic world by examining legal texts, medical treatises, and works of religious preaching. The author 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.... view less
Keywords
Middle East; middle ages; woman; Islam; family law; reproduction; childlessness
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
history of medicine infertility
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Publisher
De Gruyter
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
310 p.
Series
Islam - thought, culture and society, 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110596588
ISSN
2628-4286
ISBN
978-3-11-059658-8
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0