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050 00 $aHV1559.M626$bR53 2012
100 1 $aRichardson, Kristina L.
245 10 $aDifference and disability in the medieval Islamic world :$bblighted bodies /$cKristina L. Richardson.
260 $aEdinburgh :$bEdinburgh University Press,$cc2012.
300 $aix, 158 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
500 $aBased on author's dissertation.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 138-156) and index.
520 $aOutlines the complex significance of bodies in the late Medieval central Arab Islamic lands. Did you know that blue eyes, baldness, bad breath and boils were all considered bodily 'blights' by Medieval Arabs, as were cross eyes, lameness and deafness? What assumptions about bodies influenced this particular vision of physical difference? How did blighted people view their own bodies? Through close analyses of anecdotes, personal letters, biographies and autobiographies, erotic poetry, non-binding legal opinions, diaristic chronicles and theological tracts, Kristina Richardson brings the cultural views and experiences of disability and difference in the medieval Islamic world to life. This title investigates the place of physically different, disabled and ill individuals in medieval Islam. It is organised around the lives and works of 6 Muslim men, each highlighting a different aspect of bodily difference. It addresses broad cultural questions relating to social class, religious orthodoxy, moral reputation, drug use, male homoeroticism and self-representation in the public sphere. It moves towards a coherent theory of medieval disability and bodily aesthetics in Islamic cultural traditions.
650 0 $aSociology of disability$zMiddle East$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aDisabilities$xSocial aspects$zMiddle East$yTo 1500.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1316/2012551961-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1316/2012551961-b.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1406/2012551961-t.html