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This book explores the ramifications of being infertile in the medieval Arab-Islamic world by examining legal texts, medical treatises, and works of religious preaching. Sara Verskin illuminates how attitudes toward mixed-gender interactions; legal theories pertaining...
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  • 31 January 2022
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This book explores the ramifications of being infertile in the medieval Arab-Islamic world by examining legal texts, medical treatises, and works of religious preaching. Sara Verskin illuminates how attitudes toward mixed-gender interactions; legal theories pertaining to marriage, divorce, and inheritance; and scientific theories of reproduction contoured the intellectual and social landscape infertile women had to navigate.

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Price: $29.99
Pages: 324
Publisher: De Gruyter
Imprint: De Gruyter
Publication Date: 31 January 2022
ISBN: 9783110681628
Format: Paperback
BISACs: RELIGION / Islam / Rituals & Practice, REL037010 RELIGION / Islam / History, SOC048000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies
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Sara Verskin, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, USA.

Sara Verskin, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, USA.