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Author Kueny, Kathryn, 1963-

Title Conceiving identities : maternity in medieval Muslim discourse and practice / Kathryn M. Kueny.

Publication Info. Albany [N.Y.] : State University of New York Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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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Subject Motherhood -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Motherhood -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Women in Islam.
Women in Islam.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Motherhood.
Other Form: Print version: Kueny, Kathryn, 1963- Conceiving identities 9781438447858 (DLC) 2012045678 (OCoLC)819275567
ISBN 9781461951377 (electronic book)
1461951372 (electronic book)
1438447876 (electronic book)
9781438447872 (electronic book)
9781438447858
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