The Resource Muslim midwives : the craft of birthing in the premodern Middle East, Avner Giladi, (electronic resource)
Muslim midwives : the craft of birthing in the premodern Middle East, Avner Giladi, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- 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.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 195 pages)
- Contents
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- Islamic views on birth and motherhood
- Midwifery as a craft
- The subordinate midwife : male physicians versus female midwives
- The absent midwife
- The privileged midwife
- Ritual, magic, and the midwife's roles in and outside the birthing place
- Isbn
- 9781107646810
- Label
- Muslim midwives : the craft of birthing in the premodern Middle East
- Title
- Muslim midwives
- Title remainder
- the craft of birthing in the premodern Middle East
- Statement of responsibility
- Avner Giladi
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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.--
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- Cataloging source
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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gilʻadi, Avner
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
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- Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
- Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Islam
- Midwifery
- Label
- Muslim midwives : the craft of birthing in the premodern Middle East, Avner Giladi, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Islamic views on birth and motherhood -- Midwifery as a craft -- The subordinate midwife : male physicians versus female midwives -- The absent midwife -- The privileged midwife -- Ritual, magic, and the midwife's roles in and outside the birthing place
- Control code
- CR9781107286238
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 195 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9781107646810
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)897117163
- Label
- Muslim midwives : the craft of birthing in the premodern Middle East, Avner Giladi, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Islamic views on birth and motherhood -- Midwifery as a craft -- The subordinate midwife : male physicians versus female midwives -- The absent midwife -- The privileged midwife -- Ritual, magic, and the midwife's roles in and outside the birthing place
- Control code
- CR9781107286238
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 195 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9781107646810
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)897117163
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