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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454816003321

Autore

Malti-Douglas Fedwa

Titolo

Medicines of the Soul [[electronic resource] ] : Female Bodies and Sacred Geographies in a Transnational Islam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2001

ISBN

9780585389586

0-520-92467-3

1-59734-741-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

297/.082

892.7099287

Soggetti

Feminism

Feminism - Religious aspects - Islam

Sex differentiation

Sex differentiation - Religious aspects - Islam

Women in Islam

Islam

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1. Gender, Culture, and Religious Revival; 2. Female Body, Male Gaze; 3. Gender and Spiritual Vision; 4. Breast Cancer, Medicine, and the Transnational Body; 5. Corporal Geographies of Salvation; 6. Sacred Springs, Damaged Bodies; 7. The "Integrated" Body; 8. Geographies of the Sacred; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Medicines of the Soul, the autobiographical writings of three leading women in today's Islamic revival movement reveal dramatic stories of religious transformation. As interpreted by Fedwa Malti-Douglas, the autobiographies provide a powerful, groundbreaking portrayal of gender, religion, and discourses of the body in Arabo-Islamic culture.