Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures: Family, Body, Sexuality And Health, Volume 3Suad Joseph, Afsāna Naǧmābādī Volume III, Family, Body, Sexuality, and Health¸ holds 196 articles on 56 topics. It includes articles on aging; the body; breastfeeding; celibacy; child marriage; childhood; courtship; disabilities; food preparation; funerary practices; genital cutting; health policies, practices, and education; poverty; HIV and AIDS; reproduction; incest; love; marriage discourses and practices; reproduction; science; sexual harassment; discourses, education and practices related to sexualities; sports; suicide; and virginity. The articles are organized alphabetically by topic and within topics alphabetically by region. In addition, Volume III includes an extensive bibliography and analysis of over 1,000 doctoral dissertations written on women and Islamic cultures. |
Contents
Amulets FortuneTelling and Magic | 17 |
Bodily Waste | 27 |
Iran Negar Mottahedeh | 37 |
Yemen Najwa Adra | 48 |
Child Marriage | 54 |
Coming of Age Rituals | 68 |
90 | 140 |
Health Policies | 164 |
New Technologies | 350 |
Science and Modern Islamic Discourses | 360 |
Science and Nation | 366 |
Sexual Harassment | 372 |
Practices | 383 |
Scientific Discourses Modern | 420 |
Sports | 440 |
Turkey Selcan Teoman | 449 |
96 | 168 |
Health and Poverty | 172 |
Health Practices | 189 |
98 | 199 |
107 | 210 |
Western Europe Lenie Brouwer | 224 |
Mental Health | 268 |
Nutrition and Dietary Practices | 283 |
108 | 293 |
Abortion | 303 |
Turkey N Yasemin Oguz | 312 |
109 | 320 |
Conception Reproductive Choices and Islam | 322 |
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