Women, Islam, and Abbasid Identity

Women, Islam, and Abbasid Identity
ISBN-10
0674495969
ISBN-13
9780674495968
Category
History
Pages
143
Language
English
Published
2015-10-06
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Nadia Maria El Cheikh

Description

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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