Women in Pre-Islamic Arabia: Nabataea
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Women in Pre-Islamic Arabia: Nabataea by Hatoon Ajwad Al-Fassi
In addition to feminist studies, this work uses epigraphy, archaeology and classical sources, as well as recent developments in historiography, to understand Nabataean society and Nabataean women in particular. The author has highlighted to main study areas. The first is to investigate whether Nabataean women enjoyed a high status that was particular to their society and history. The second related enquiry is to investigate what made it possible for Nabataean women in the first century BCE-CE tobecome visible in inscriptions and numismatics (i.e. prominent in that period, place and time) In other words what are the factors that allowed women such status And were they factors particular to Nabataean women, their society or history A further interesting objective of this book is to question the assumption of subordination of women in pre-Islamic Arabia.
Ajwad Al-Fassi, Hatoon: - Hatoon Ajwad al-Fassi
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781407300955 |
| ISBN 10 | 1407300954 |
| Title | Women in Pre-Islamic Arabia: Nabataea |
| Author | Hatoon Ajwad Al-Fassi |
| Series | British Archaeological Reports International Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | BAR Publishing |
| Year published | 2007-07-15 |
| Number of pages | 141 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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