Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World : Blighted Bodies
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0748645071
ISBN-13
9780748645077
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 20th, 2012
Print length
168 Pages
Weight
408 grams
Dimensions
24.00 x 16.00 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Middle Eastern historyEarly modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700IslamIslamic studies
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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? This title outlines the complex significance of bodies in the late Medieval central Arab Islamic Lands.
A revealing portrait of Medieval Arab notions of physical difference, this book uses close analysis of primary sources to bring to light cultural views and lived experiences of disability and difference.
Medieval Arab notions of physical difference can feel singularly arresting for modern audiences. Did you know that blue eyes, baldness, bad breath and boils were all considered bodily ''blights'', 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, (auto)biographies, erotic poetry, non-binding legal opinions, diaristic chronicles and theological tracts, the cultural views and experiences of disability and difference in the medieval Islamic world are brought to life.
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