Power, Marginality, and the Body in Medieval Islam
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Variorum Collected Studies
ISBN-10
0860788555
ISBN-13
9780860788553
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Variorum
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 28th, 2001
Print length
314 Pages
Weight
560 grams
Dimensions
22.20 x 23.10 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
General & world historyAsian historyEarly history: c 500 to c 1450/1500IslamCultural studies
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In a series of ground-breaking studies, Power, Marginality, and the Body in Medieval Islam explores the multi-layered and complex textual universe of medieval Islam, ranging from sacred texts to anecdotes, and from history to biography. Power and the body reign supreme as they intersect with social, cultural, and gender issues.
From rulers to uninvited guests, from women to thieves, from dreams to names, from blindness to torture - in a series of ground-breaking studies, Power, Marginality, and the Body in Medieval Islam explores the multi-layered and complex textual universe of medieval Islam. The power of the ruler sits alongside the power of the trickster, as games of detection and verbal erudition are displayed for the edification of the reader. Humour is not lacking either as male and female characters indulge in various forms of wit that redefine and recast the sacred. For much of this world, the body reigns supreme: not only in illness and miracle cures but in displays of transgression and torture. Covering the range of literature from sacred text to history, biography and anecdote, this book provides a stimulating analysis of the world of medieval Islamic mentalités.
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