Women, Islam, and Abbasid Identity:

"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 t...

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Main Author: El Cheikh, Nadia Maria 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] Harvard University Press [2015]
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Summary:"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."
Item Description:De Gruyter ; De Gruyter ; De Gruyter ; De Gruyter
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (176 Seiten)
ISBN:9780674089082
DOI:10.4159/9780674089082

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