Abschnitt | book
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 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 an
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Anmerkungen
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Kristina L. Richardson
- Schlagwort
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Körperbehinderung
- Urheber
- Erschienen
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Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press , 2012
- Förderung
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- DOI
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doi:10.25673/108690
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:5-96489
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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04.06.2025, 13:14 MESZ
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Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
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- book ; book ; Abschnitt
Beteiligte
Entstanden
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press , 2012
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