02521nam 22005774a 450 991081714700332120200520144314.097805853895860-520-92467-31-59734-741-8(CKB)111056485638804(EBL)223897(OCoLC)475929219(SSID)ssj0000200681(PQKBManifestationID)11184257(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200681(PQKBWorkID)10221070(PQKB)11375684(StDuBDS)EDZ0000084745(MiAaPQ)EBC223897(EXLCZ)9911105648563880420000210d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMedicines of the soul female bodies and sacred geographies in a transnational Islam /Fedwa Malti-Douglas1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20011 online resource (xxi, 224 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-21593-1 Includes bibliographical references (187-217) and index.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; IndexIn 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.Women in IslamFeminismReligious aspectsIslamSex differentiationReligious aspectsIslamWomen in Islam.FeminismReligious aspectsIslam.Sex differentiationReligious aspectsIslam.297/.082Malti-Douglas Fedwa642461MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817147003321Medicines of the soul4024631UNINA