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Power, Marginality, and the Body in Medieval Islam

Hardback

Main Details

Title Power, Marginality, and the Body in Medieval Islam
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Fedwa Malti-Douglas
SeriesVariorum Collected Studies
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:314
Category/GenreWorld history
Asian and Middle Eastern history
Islam
ISBN/Barcode 9780860788553
ClassificationsDewey:909.097671
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Variorum
Publication Date 28 December 2001
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This work draws on religious normative texts, literary texts, biographical texts and historical texts to look at power, marginality, sexuality and the body in medieval Islam - a world populated by rulers and criminals, uninvited guests and theologians, women and the blind. The medieval texts of Islam, rather than occulting them, explored power, sex, marginality and the body with a frankness that can often still shock readers. The investigation of these issues and "taboo" subjects in this book provide a road into medieval Arabo-Islamic mentalities and a way of coming to grips with the textual strategies society used for grappling with them.

Author Biography

Fedwa Malti-Douglas is College Professor and The Martha C. Kraft Professor of Humanities at Indiana University, Bloomington, where she is also Adjunct Professor of Law in the School of Law. She is the author of numerous scholarly books and the winner of the 1997 Kuwait Prize for Arts and Letters. Her recent work, THE STARR REPORT DISROBED (Columbia University Press, 2000), was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.