Muslim Midwives: The Craft of Birthing in the Premodern Middle East (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
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| Management number | 231833287 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | US$15.52 | Model Number | 231833287 | ||
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This book reconstructs the role of midwives in medieval to early modern Islamic history through a careful reading of a wide range of classical and medieval Arabic sources. The author casts the midwife's social status in premodern Islam as a privileged position from which she could mediate between male authority in patriarchal society and female reproductive power within the family. This study also takes a broader historical view of midwifery in the Middle East by examining the tensions between learned medicine (male) and popular, medico-religious practices (female) from early Islam into the Ottoman period and addressing the confrontation between traditional midwifery and Western obstetrics in the first half of the nineteenth century. Read more
| ISBN10 | 1107646812 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-1107646810 |
| Edition | Reprint |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Dimensions | 6 x 0.53 x 9 inches |
| Item Weight | 11.5 ounces |
| Print length | 208 pages |
| Part of series | Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization |
| Publication date | February 1, 2018 |
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