: the Craft of Birthing in the Premodern Middle East
\ Avner Giladi, University of Haifa.
New York
: Cambridge University Press
, 2015
x,195 p.
Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Bibliography
Index
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.