Women in Middle Eastern History - Shifting Boundaries in Sex & Gender

Nikki R. Keddie

Hardback (26 Feb 1992)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This history of Middle Eastern women surveys gender relations from the earliest Islamic period onwards. The essays analyze a range of sources from histories, biographical dictionaries, law books and archival records to the Traditions of the Prophet and books such as "Thousand and One Nights".

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Yale University Press

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Book information

ISBN:	9780300050059
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Imprint:	Yale University Press
Pub date:	26 Feb 1992
Language:	English
Number of pages:	358
Weight:	700g
Height:	160mm
Width:	240mm
Spine width:	31mm