Research Catalog
Muslim midwives : the craft of birthing in the premodern Middle East
- Title
- Muslim midwives : the craft of birthing in the premodern Middle East / Avner Giladi.
- Author
- Gilʻadi, Avner, 1947-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 15-6070 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 195 pages; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-6070
- ISBN
- 9781107054219
- 1107054214
- 9781107646810
- 1107646812
- LCCN
- 2014021013
- 40024490394
- OCLC
- 880929730
- Author
- Gilʻadi, Avner, 1947- author.
- Title
- Muslim midwives : the craft of birthing in the premodern Middle East / Avner Giladi.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cambridge studies in Islamic civilizationCambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40024490394
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-6070