Disability in the Ottoman Arab World, 1500-1800

This book is the first on the history of both physical and mental disabilities in the Middle East and North Africa during Ottoman rule.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Blindness; 2. Deafness and muteness; 3. Intersex; 4. Impairments of the mind; Conclusion.

About the author

Sara Scalenghe is an Assistant Professor of History at Loyola University, Maryland.

Summary

This book is the first on the history of both physical and mental disabilities in the Middle East and North Africa. A sociocultural history, it seeks to explain how disabilities were understood and experienced in the Arab-Islamic context within the geographical area that includes present-day Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine/Israel under Ottoman rule in the early modern period.

Product details

• Authors: Sara Scalenghe, Sara (Loyola University Maryland) Scalenghe, Scalenghe Sara
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.07.2014
• EAN: 9781107044791
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04479-1
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ottoman Empire, HISTORY / Middle East / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Medicine, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Science, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Middle Eastern history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disability