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Conceiving identities

Kueny, Kathryn, 1963-

Conceiving identities maternity in medieval Muslim discourse and practice / [electronic resource] : Kathryn M. Kueny. - Albany [N.Y.] : State University of New York Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (404 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

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.

9781438447872


Women in Islam.
Motherhood--Religious aspects--Islam.


Electronic books.

BP190.5.M67 / K84 2013

297.5/77