Medicines of the soul : female bodies and sacred geographies in a transnational Islam / / Fedwa Malti-Douglas
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| Autore: |
Malti-Douglas Fedwa
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| Titolo: |
Medicines of the soul : female bodies and sacred geographies in a transnational Islam / / Fedwa Malti-Douglas
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxi, 224 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 297/.082 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women in Islam |
| Feminism - Religious aspects - Islam | |
| Sex differentiation - Religious aspects - Islam | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (187-217) 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Medicines of the soul |
| ISBN: | 9780585389586 |
| 0-520-92467-3 | |
| 1-59734-741-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910817147003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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