Medicines of the Soul: Female Bodies and Sacred Geographies in a Transnational Islam

Author/Contributor(s):	Malti-Douglas, Fedwa
Publisher:	University of California Press
Date:	03/01/2001
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.