Medicines of the soul : female bodies and sacred geographies in a transnational Islam

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Medicines of the soul : female bodies and sacred geographies in a transnational Islam

Fedwa Malti-Douglas

University of California Press, 2001

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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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.

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