Women, Islam, and Abbasid Identity

Informationen zum Autor Nadia Maria El Cheikh is Professor of History at the American University of Beirut. Klappentext When the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads in 750 CE and ushered in Islam¿s Golden Age, ideas about gender and sexuality were central to the process by which the caliphate achieved self-definition and articulated its systems of power and thought. Nadia Maria El Cheikh¿s study reveals the importance of women to the writing of early Islamic history. Zusammenfassung When the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads in 750 CE and ushered in Islam’s Golden Age, ideas about gender and sexuality were central to the process by which the caliphate achieved self-definition and articulated its systems of power and thought. Nadia Maria El Cheikh’s study reveals the importance of women to the writing of early Islamic history.

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• Authors: Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Nadia Maria (Department of History and El Cheikh, Nadia Maria (Department of History and Archaeology El Cheikh, El Cheikh Nadia Maria
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9780674736368
• ISBN: 978-0-674-73636-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Islam, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Middle East / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, Middle Eastern history, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities