Muslim midwives the craft of birthing in the premodern Middle East /

Giladi, Avner (1947-....)

Muslim midwives the craft of birthing in the premodern Middle East / [Texte imprimé] : Avner Giladi - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015 - 1 vol. (X-95 p.) : couv. ill. ; 24 cm - Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization . - Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization (Cambridge University Press, New York) .

Bibliogr. p. 165-189

Islamic views on birth and motherhood -- Midwifery as a craft -- The subordinate midwife : male physicians versus female midwives -- The absent midwife -- The privileged midwife -- Ritual, magic, and the midwife's roles in and outside the birthing place

978-1-107-05421-9 1-107-05421-4

Islam / Middle East Midwifery / history / Middle East Ceremonial Behavior / Middle East History, Medieval / Middle East Parturition / ethnology / Middle East

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