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Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World

- Blighted Bodies

Om Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World

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? This book deals with these questions.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelska
  • ISBN:
  • 9780748695881
  • Format:
  • Häftad
  • Sidor:
  • 168
  • Utgiven:
  • 31. augusti 2014
  • Mått:
  • 233x158x9 mm.
  • Vikt:
  • 280 g.
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Leveranstid: 4-7 vardagar
Förväntad leverans: 30. juli 2025

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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? This book deals with these questions.

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