Avner Giladi

Muslim Midwives

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book reconstructs the role of midwives in medieval to early modern Islamic history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 501g
• ISBN-13: 9781107054219
• ISBN-10: 1107054214
• Artikelnr.: 41609895

Autorenporträt

Avner Giladi is Professor of Islamic History at the University of Haifa, Israel.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Islamic views on birth and motherhood
2. Midwifery as a craft
3. The subordinate midwife: male physicians versus female midwives
4. The absent midwife
5. The privileged midwife
6. Ritual, magic, and the midwife's roles in and outside the birthing place
7. From traditional to modern midwifery in the Middle East
Concluding remarks.