LEADER 03573oam 22006374a 450 001 996465266003316 005 20210915044805.0 010 $a0-7486-4508-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748645084 035 $a(CKB)2670000000276731 035 $a(EBL)1069069 035 $a(OCoLC)818846728 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000798542 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11957460 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000798542 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10744889 035 $a(PQKB)11373568 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1363975 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069069 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069069 035 $a(OCoLC)1103703429 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse73599 035 $a(ScCtBLL)c1b058c6-80b2-4ad0-a891-cf61eb50b96b 035 $a(DE-B1597)615430 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748645084 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000276731 100 $a20130227d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDifference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World$eBlighted Bodies /$fKristina L. Richardson 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2012. 210 4$dİ2012. 215 $a1 online resource (169 p.) 300 $aBased on author's dissertation. 311 $a1-322-98081-0 311 $a0-7486-4507-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 138-156) and index. 327 $aCover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1?Aha?t in Islamic Thought -- 2 Literary Networks in Mamluk Cairo -- 3 Recollecting and Reconfiguring Afflicted Literary Bodies -- 4 Transgressive Bodies, Transgressive Hadith -- 5 Public Insults and Undoing Shame: Censoring the Blighted Body -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aOutlines the complex significance of bodies in the late Medieval central Arab Islamic lands. Did you know that blue eyes, baldness, bad breath and boils were all considered bodily 'blights' by Medieval Arabs, as were cross eyes, lameness and deafness? What assumptions about bodies influenced this particular vision of physical difference? How did blighted people view their own bodies? Through close analyses of anecdotes, personal letters, biographies and autobiographies, erotic poetry, non-binding legal opinions, diaristic chronicles and theological tracts, Kristina Richardson brings the cultural views and experiences of disability and difference in the medieval Islamic world to life. This title investigates the place of physically different, disabled and ill individuals in medieval Islam. It is organised around the lives and works of 6 Muslim men, each highlighting a different aspect of bodily difference. It addresses broad cultural questions relating to social class, religious orthodoxy, moral reputation, drug use, male homoeroticism and self-representation in the public sphere. It moves towards a coherent theory of medieval disability and bodily aesthetics in Islamic cultural traditions. 606 $aDisabilities$xSocial aspects$zMiddle East$yTo 1500 606 $aSociology of disability$zMiddle East$xHistory$yTo 1500 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDisabilities$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSociology of disability$xHistory 676 $a305.697 686 $aEN 2680$2rvk 700 $aRichardson$b Kristina L$0983874 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996465266003316 996 $aDifference and disability in the medieval Islamic world$92246283 997 $aUNISA