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.
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