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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462673103321

Titolo

Tearing the veil : essays on femininity / / edited by Susan Lipshitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-08484-5

1-283-84607-1

1-136-19434-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Feminist theory

Altri autori (Persone)

LipshitzSusan

Disciplina

301.41/2

301.412

305.42

Soggetti

Women - Psychology

Women - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1978 by Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Tearing The Veil Essays on femininity; Copyright; Tearing the VeilEssays on femininity; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part One Sexuality and the Body; Chapter 1The Mother and the Hospital: An unfortunate fit between the woman's internal world and some hospital practices; Chapter 2The Witch and Her Devils: An exploration of the relationship between femininity and illness; Chapter 3The Whore in Peru: The splitting of women into good and bad and the isolation of the prostitute; Part TwoRepresentations of Women; Chapter 4Tess: the Making of a Pure Woman

Chapter 5The City's Achievements: The patriotic Amazonomachy and ancient AthensChapter 6The Woman-Power: Religious heresy and feminism in early English socialism; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This a collection of essays about women, by women, which examine the production of femininity within a patriarchal society. The essays show that characteristics generally considered to be 'feminine' are in fact cultural constructions within a patriarchal order. The patriarchal culture is taken by us to be a system of meanings, as well as power relations, which pervades our view of women at both a conscious and an



unconscious level.The symbolism of the rituals, myths, art works and polemics examined in the essays is related to the ways women are psychically constructed and constrained

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783960503321

Autore

Huda Qamar-ul <1968->

Titolo

Striving for divine union : spiritual exercises for Suhrawardī Sūfīs / / Qamar-ul Huda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2002

ISBN

1-135-78842-1

1-135-78843-X

1-280-15574-4

0-203-99487-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 pages)

Collana

Routledge Sufi Series

Disciplina

297.48

Soggetti

Suhrawardīyah

Sufism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; 1 The life of Shaikh Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardî; 2 Awårif al-Maårif; 3 Sacred identities in the Suhrawardîyya order; 4 The Suhrawardîyya silsilå in Multan and Ucch; 5 Multanî Suhrawardî spiritual exercises; Appendix A Praises for God;  Remembrance of prayers; Appendix B Prayer for enlightenment; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the theological, philosophical and Islamic mystical dimensions of the Suhrawardî sufi order from the 13th to 15th centuries. The Suhrawardîs were a legally grounded and intellectually vibrant sufi order whose mystical path was based on exchanges and debates on the Qur'an and on the Prophet's customs. The book analyses their interpretation of sacred texts: the Qur'an, hadiths, sunna, and malfuzat. This created a unique self-understanding, which developed specific sufi spiritual exercises.