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Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World

- Blighted Bodies

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Did you know that blue eyes, baldness, bad breath and boils were all considered bodily 'blights' by Medieval Arabs, as were cross eyes, lameness and deafness? What assumptions about bodies influenced this particular vision of physical difference? How did blighted people view their own bodies? This book deals with these questions.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780748695881
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 168
  • Utgitt:
  • 15. august 2014
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 233x158x9 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 280 g.
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Forventet levering: 2. mars 2026

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Did you know that blue eyes, baldness, bad breath and boils were all considered bodily 'blights' by Medieval Arabs, as were cross eyes, lameness and deafness? What assumptions about bodies influenced this particular vision of physical difference? How did blighted people view their own bodies? This book deals with these questions.

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