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Gender and Succession in Medieval and Early Modern Islam: Bilateral Descent and the Legacy of Fatima (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780755646210)
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xIn Gender and Succession in Medieval and Early Modern Islam: Bilateral Descent and the Legacy of Fatima, Alyssa Gabbay examines episodes in pre-modern Islamic history in which individuals or societies recognized descent from both men and women. Fatima, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, features prominently in this study, for her example constituted a striking precedent for acknowledging bilateral descent in both Sunni and Shi'i societies, with all of its ramifications for female inheritance, succession and identity.
Covering a broad geographical and chronological swath, Gender and Succession in Medieval and Early Modern Islam presents alternative perspectives to patriarchal narratives, and breaks new ground in its focus upon how people conceived of family structures and bloodlines. In so doing, it builds upon a tradition of studies seeking to dispel monolithic understandings of Islam and Gender.Author: Alyssa Gabbay
ISBN-10: 0755646215
ISBN-13: 9780755646210
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Language: English
Published: 11/18/2021
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.59d
By Alyssa Gabbay
xAlyssa Gabbay is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. She received her PhD (for which she won the Foundation for Iranian Studies award for best dissertation) in 2007 from the University of Chicago. She is the author of many peer-reviewed articles and chapters and Islamic Tolerance, published by Routledge in 2010. She will shortly be publishing The New Moon of Perfection and Other Prefaces.
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