Barren Women Religion and Medicine in the Medieval Middle East
Barren Women is the first scholarly book to explore the ramifications of being infertile in the medieval Arab-Islamic world. Through an examination of legal texts, medical treatises, and works of religious preaching, Sara Verskin illuminates how attitudes toward mixed-gender interactions; legal theo...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter
[2020]
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| Colección: | De Gruyter Open Access ebooks.
Islam - Thought, Culture, and Society ; 2. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b43321793*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Studying Infertility in the Medieval Islamic World: Why and How
- Introduction to Part I
- 1 Infertility and the Purposes of Marriage in Legal Theory
- 2 Law and Biology: Menstruation, Amenorrhea, and Legal Recognition of Reproductive Status
- 3 Islamic Law and the Prospects of Women Presumed to be Infertile
- Conclusion to Part I: The Intersection of Islamic Law and Women's Biology
- Introduction to Part II
- 4 Gynecological Theory in Arabo-Galenic Medicine
- 5 Physicians, Midwives, and Female Patients
- Conclusion to Part II: Medicine and Sexism
- Introduction to Part III
- 6 Religiously Classifying the Medical Marketplace of Ideas
- 7 Heterodoxy and Healthcare Among Women
- Conclusion to Part III: A Tafsīr about the First Woman's Fertility and Theological Vulnerability
- Epilogue: Infertility and the Study of Women's History
- Bibliography
- Index.
