Woman's Body, Woman's Word Gender and Discourse in Arabo-Islamic Writing |
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| Author:
| Malti-Douglas, Fedwa |
| Series title: | Princeton Legacy Library |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-65719-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2019 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $104.00 |
Book Description:
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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
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