Women, Islam, and Abbasid Identity

Nonfiction, History, Middle East, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies
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Author: Nadia Maria El Cheikh ISBN: 9780674495968
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: October 6, 2015
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Nadia Maria El Cheikh
ISBN: 9780674495968
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: October 6, 2015
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

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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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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