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Conceiving identities : maternity in medieval Muslim discourse and practice / Kathryn M. Kueny.

By: Publisher: Albany [N.Y.] : State University of New York Press, 2013Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781461951377 (electronic bk.)
  • 1461951372 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Conceiving identitiesDDC classification:
  • 297.5/77 23
LOC classification:
  • BP190.5.M67 K84 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Generating normative discourse -- On wombs, women and the hand of god: the bearing of life in the Qurʼan -- Mapping the maternal body: the mechanics of reproduction -- Paradigms of the good mother -- Postpartum: public rituals and embodied practices -- Mothers as monsters -- The cure of perfection -- Conclusion: the making of medieval Muslim mothers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Generating normative discourse -- On wombs, women and the hand of god: the bearing of life in the Qurʼan -- Mapping the maternal body: the mechanics of reproduction -- Paradigms of the good mother -- Postpartum: public rituals and embodied practices -- Mothers as monsters -- The cure of perfection -- Conclusion: the making of medieval Muslim mothers.

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