MEDICINES OF THE SOUL by Fedwa Malti-Douglas ( 9780520222847 )

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Title:

MEDICINES OF THE SOUL
FEMALE BODIES AND SACRED GEOGRAPHIES IN A TRANSNATIONAL ISLAM

By:

Fedwa Malti-Douglas

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0520222849

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9780520222847

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

Pub. date:

1 March, 2001

Pages:

245

Description:

These autobiographic writings of three leading women in the Islamic revival movement reveal dramatic stories of religious transformation. As interpreted by Fedwa Malti-Douglas, the autobiographies provide a powerful portrayal of gender, religion, and discourses of the body in Arabo-Islamic culture.

Synopsis:

In Medicines of the Soul, the autobiographical writings of three leading women in today's Islamic revival movement reveal dramatic stories of religious transformation. As interpreted by Fedwa Malti-Douglas, the autobiographies provide a powerful, groundbreaking portrayal of gender, religion, and discourses of the body in Arabo-Islamic culture. At the center of each story is a lively female Islamic spirituality that questions secular hierarchies while reaffirming patriarchal ones.

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6 b/w photographs

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University of California Press

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