04886cam a2200805Ii 4500 ocn818846728 OCoLC 20200709055644.0 m d cr unu|||||||| 121124t20122012stka ob 001 0 eng d EBLCP eng rda pn EBLCP OCLCQ YDXCP MHW DEBSZ OCLCO N$T E7B JSTOR OCLCF OCLCQ ALSTP OCLCQ GZM COCUF MOR IUL OCLCQ IOG CUY EZ9 U3W ELW LND OAPEN CEF ICG LOA COO NRC UWO UKKNU VTS ICN UAB VLB ORU 818734296 961311264 988413552 993699083 9780748645084 (electronic bk.) 074864508X (electronic bk.) 9780748664900 0748664904 9780748664917 0748664912 9780748645077 (print) 0748645071 (print) 502841 (N$T) (OCoLC)818846728 (OCoLC)818734296 (OCoLC)961311264 (OCoLC)988413552 (OCoLC)993699083 22573/ctt342v8c JSTOR 100961 Knowledge Unlatched aw----- HV1559.M626 R53 2012 HIS 037010 bisacsh REL037010 bisacsh HIS037010 bisacsh REL 037010 bisacsh 305.697 297.225 23 MAIN Richardson, Kristina L., author. Difference and disability in the medieval Islamic world : blighted bodies / Kristina L. Richardson. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2012]. ©2012. 1 online resource (ix, 158 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier In English. This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode Based on the author's thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-156) and index. Outlines 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. Introduction ---- 1. Ahat 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. Description based on print version record. Master record variable field(s) change: 050, 082 Sociology of disability Middle East History To 1500. Disabilities Social aspects Middle East To 1500. HISTORY Medieval. bisacsh RELIGION Islam History. bisacsh Early modern history : c 1450/1500 to c 1700. bicssc History. bicssc History : earliest times to present day. bicssc Humanities. bicssc RELIGION / Islam / History. bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Richardson, Kristina L. Difference and disability in the medieval Islamic world. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2012 9780748645077 (DLC) 2012551961 (OCoLC)769743924 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=502841 OAPEN Foundation OPEN 642704 Alexander Street ALSP ASP3176261/disa EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1069069 ebrary EBRY ebr10624599 EBSCOhost EBSC 502841 YBP Library Services YANK 9918740 92 N$T 52008 52008