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Muslim Midwives - The Craft of Birthing in the Premodern Middle East (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,044

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Muslim Midwives - The Craft of Birthing in the Premodern Middle East (Paperback): Avner Gil'adi

Muslim Midwives - The Craft of Birthing in the Premodern Middle East (Paperback)

Avner Gil'adi

Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

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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.

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Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Release date:	February 2018
Authors:	Avner Gil'adi
Dimensions:	227 x 154 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-64681-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Midwifery > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-107-64681-2
Barcode:	9781107646810