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Woman's Body, Woman's Word: Gender and Discourse in Arabo-Islamic Writing
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Woman's Body, Woman's Word: Gender and Discourse in Arabo-Islamic Writing
Contributors:
By (Author) Fedwa Malti-Douglas
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
26th March 2019
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Social groups: religious groups and communities
Gender studies: women and girls
Dewey:
892.709352042
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
232
Dimensions:
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
Description
Woman's voice and body are closely entwined in the Arabo-Islamic tradition, argues Fedwa Malti-Douglas in this pioneering book. Spanning the ninth through twentieth centuries and covering a wide range of texts-from courtly anectdote to mystical and philosophical treatises, from works of geography to autobiography-this study reveals how woman's acce
