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oapen-20.500.12657-460482023-06-05T13:09:13Z Barren Women Verskin, Sara Women in Islam Islamic family law history of medicine infertility bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJF Asian history::HBJF1 Middle Eastern history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRH Islam::HRHP Islamic life & practice Barren Women is the first scholarly book to explore the ramifications of being infertile in the medieval Arab-Islamic world. Through an examination of legal texts, medical treatises, and works of religious preaching, Sara Verskin illuminates how attitudes toward mixed-gender interactions; legal theories pertaining to marriage, divorce, and inheritance; and scientific theories of reproduction contoured the intellectual and social landscape infertile women had to navigate. In so doing, she highlights underappreciated vulnerabilities and opportunities for women’s autonomy within the system of Islamic family law, and explores the diverse marketplace of medical ideas in the medieval world and the perceived connection between women’s health practices and religious heterodoxy. Featuring copious translations of primary sources and minimal theoretical jargon, Barren Women provides a multidimensional perspective on the experience of infertility, while also enhancing our understanding of institutions and modes of thought which played significant roles in shaping women’s lives more broadly. This monograph has been awarded the annual BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World. 2020-05-07T15:47:48Z 2020-05-07T15:47:48Z 2020 book Book_9783110596588_20200507_8 2628-4286 9783110596588 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/37604 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46048 eng Islam – Thought, Culture, and Society application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9783110596588.pdf http://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110596588 De Gruyter De Gruyter 10.1515/9783110596588 10.1515/9783110596588 2b386f62-fc18-4108-bcf1-ade3ed4cf2f3 178e65b9-dd53-4922-b85c-0aaa74fce079 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783110596588 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) European Research Council (ERC) De Gruyter 2 310 Berlin/Boston 637533 H2020 European Research Council H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Barren Women is the first scholarly book to explore the ramifications of being infertile in the medieval Arab-Islamic world. Through an examination of legal texts, medical treatises, and works of religious preaching, Sara Verskin illuminates how attitudes toward mixed-gender interactions; legal theories pertaining to marriage, divorce, and inheritance; and scientific theories of reproduction contoured the intellectual and social landscape infertile women had to navigate.
In so doing, she highlights underappreciated vulnerabilities and opportunities for women’s autonomy within the system of Islamic family law, and explores the diverse marketplace of medical ideas in the medieval world and the perceived connection between women’s health practices and religious heterodoxy.
Featuring copious translations of primary sources and minimal theoretical jargon, Barren Women provides a multidimensional perspective on the experience of infertility, while also enhancing our understanding of institutions and modes of thought which played significant roles in shaping women’s lives more broadly.
This monograph has been awarded the annual BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World.
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