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

• Autore: Malti-Douglas Fedwa
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 297/.082; 892.7099287
• Soggetto topico: Feminism; Feminism - Religious aspects - Islam; Sex differentiation; Sex differentiation - Religious aspects - Islam; Women in Islam; Islam; Religion; Philosophy & Religion
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• 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.: 9910454816003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II