| Document Type | : | BL |
| Record Number | : | 207 |
| Doc. No | : | b18249 |
| Language of Document | : | English |
| Main Entry | : | Giladi, Avner,1947- |
| Title & Author | : | Muslim midwives :the craft of birthing in the premodern middle east /Avner Giladi. |
| Series Statement | : | Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization |
| Page. NO | : | p. ;cm. |
| ISBN | : | 9781107054219 (hardback) |
| | 9781107646810 (paperback) |
| Bibliographies/Indexes | : | 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. |
| Subject | : | Islam-- Middle East. |
| Subject | : | Midwifery-- history-- Middle East. |
| Subject | : | Ceremonial Behavior-- Middle East. |
| Subject | : | History, Medieval-- Middle East. |
| Subject | : | Parturition-- ethnology-- Middle East. |
| Dewey Classification | : | 618.2009394 |
| LC Classification | : | RG513 |
| NLM classification | : | WQ 11 JA2 |