Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World
Medieval Arab notions of physical difference can feel singularly arresting for modern audiences. Did you know that blue eyes, baldness, bad breath and boils were all considered bodily ‘blights’, as were cross eyes, lameness and deafness? What assumptions about bodies influenced this particular visio...
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| Format: | Open Access |
| Idioma: | anglès |
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Edinburgh University Press
2021
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| Accés en línia: | http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30798 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28347 https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30798/1/642704.pdf |