Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World : Blighted Bodies
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0748695885
ISBN-13
9780748695881
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 31st, 2014
Print length
168 Pages
Weight
280 grams
Dimensions
15.80 x 23.30 x 0.90 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? How did blighted people view their own bodies? This book deals with these questions.
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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