Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World : Blighted Bodies

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 influenc...
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Gespeichert in:
Autor*in:

Richardson, Kristina L. [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press ; 2012

© 2012

Rechteinformationen:

Open Access

Creative Commons ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode

Schlagwörter:

Naher Osten / Körperbehinderung / Geschichte 1300-1600

Schlagwörter:

Sociology of disability, History, To 1500, Middle East

Disabilities, Social aspects, To 1500, Middle East

Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700

History and Archaeology

c 1500 onwards to present day

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Umfang:

1 Online-Ressource (168 Seiten) ; Illustrationen

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ISBN:

0-7486-4508-X

978-0-7486-6491-7

978-0-7486-6490-0

978-0-7486-4508-4

Katalog-ID:

896611019

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