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100	1		_aRichardson, Kristina L.
245	1	0	_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	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1316/2012551961-d.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1316/2012551961-b.html
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