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Woman's Body, Woman's Word: Gender and Discourse in Arabo-Islamic Writing
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Woman's Body, Woman's Word: Gender and Discourse in Arabo-Islamic Writing
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Fedwa Malti-Douglas
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Series | Princeton Legacy Library |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:232 | Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178 |
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Category/Genre | Literary studies - general |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691655772
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Classifications | Dewey:892.709352042 |
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Audience | Undergraduate | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
15 January 2019 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
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
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