Barren Women : : Religion and Medicine in the Medieval Middle East.
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| Superior document: | Islam - Thought, Culture, and Society Series ; v.2 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin/Boston : : Walter de Gruyter GmbH,, 2020. ©2020. |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Islam - Thought, Culture, and Society Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (324 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Studying Infertility in the Medieval Islamic World: Why and How
- Part I: Infertility and Islamic Law Throughout the Life Cycle
- Introduction to Part I
- 1 Infertility and the Purposes of Marriage in Legal Theory
- 2 Law and Biology: Menstruation, Amenorrhea, and Legal Recognition of Reproductive Status
- 3 Islamic Law and the Prospects of Women Presumed to be Infertile
- Conclusion to Part I: The Intersection of Islamic Law and Women's Biology
- Part II: Arabo-Galenic Gynecology and the Treatment of Infertile Women
- Introduction to Part II
- 4 Gynecological Theory in Arabo-Galenic Medicine
- 5 Physicians, Midwives, and Female Patients
- Conclusion to Part II: Medicine and Sexism
- Part III: Healing and Religious Vulnerability
- Introduction to Part III
- 6 Religiously Classifying the Medical Marketplace of Ideas
- 7 Heterodoxy and Healthcare Among Women
- Conclusion to Part III: A Tafsīr about the First Woman's Fertility and Theological Vulnerability
- Epilogue: Infertility and the Study of Women's History
- Bibliography
- Index.