Medicines of the Soul

Female Bodies and Sacred Geographies in a Transnational Islam

Fedwa Malti-Douglas author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of California Press

Published:6th Mar '01

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In Medicines of the Soul, the autobiographical writings of three leading women in today's Islamic revival movement reveal dramatic stories of religious transformation. As interpreted by Fedwa Malti-Douglas, the autobiographies provide a powerful, groundbreaking portrayal of gender, religion, and discourses of the body in Arabo-Islamic culture. At the center of each story is a lively female Islamic spirituality that questions secular hierarchies while reaffirming patriarchal ones.

ISBN: 9780520222847

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm

Weight: 363g

245 pages