Gender and Succession in Medieval and Early Modern Islam

Bilateral Descent and the Legacy of Fatima

Alyssa Gabbay (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2021
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-0-7556-4621-0 (ISBN)

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In 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.

Alyssa 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.

Transliteration, Periodization, and Dates

List of Figures

Introduction

Part I: Mothers

1. Umms and Wombs: How and (Maybe) Why Shi‘is Reckoned Descent Through Fatima

2. Other Mothers, Other Sons

Part II: Heiresses

3. Heiress to the Prophet: Fatima, Fadak and Female Inheritance

4. Endowing Agency: Daughters, Waqfs, and Semi-Matrilineal Inheritance

Part III: Successors

5. Speaking in Her Father’s Name: Fatima as Successor to the Prophet Muhammad

6. Fatima’s Royal Shadow: Muslim Female Rulers’ Quest for Legitimacy and Sovereignty

Epilogue: Whither Fatima?

Notes

Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	19.11.2021
Reihe/Serie	Early and Medieval Islamic World
Zusatzinfo	3 bw illus
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	399 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-7556-4621-5 / 0755646215
ISBN-13	978-0-7556-4621-0 / 9780755646210
Zustand	Neuware