Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World
Richardson, Kristina
Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World Blighted Bodies / Kristina Richardson. - 1 online resource (170 p.)
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Medieval Arab notions of physical difference can feel singularly arresting for modern audiences. Did you know that blue eyes, baldness, bad breath and boils were all considered bodily 'blights', 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 miniature paintings, personal letters, (auto)biographies, travel narratives, erotic poetry, religious polemics, diaristic chronicles and theological tracts, you will learn about cultural views and lived experiences of disability and difference.
9780748645084
Religion / Islam / History
Religion
Electronic books.
Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World Blighted Bodies / Kristina Richardson. - 1 online resource (170 p.)
Access copy available to the general public.
Medieval Arab notions of physical difference can feel singularly arresting for modern audiences. Did you know that blue eyes, baldness, bad breath and boils were all considered bodily 'blights', 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 miniature paintings, personal letters, (auto)biographies, travel narratives, erotic poetry, religious polemics, diaristic chronicles and theological tracts, you will learn about cultural views and lived experiences of disability and difference.
9780748645084
Religion / Islam / History
Religion
Electronic books.