Medicines of the Soul: Female Bodies and Sacred Geographies in a Transnational Islam

ISBN-13: 9780520222847 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 245 str.

Fedwa Malti-Douglas

Opis

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.