Temporary and permanent body modifications in medieval Islam
The legal discussion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12533495 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hadas Hirsch (0000-0001-5435-0258, Department of History, Department of Arabic Language, Oranim Academic College, Tivon, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 722-732 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1353-0194 • E-ISSN: 1469-3542 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13530194.2019.1708266 |
| OpenAlex | W2998672992 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The fact that Muslim life depends on jurisprudence accords the legal discussion a monopoly over rulings regarding body adornments and body modifications. Jurisprudence serves as a mechanism for creating norms, but at the same time these norms reflect the tension between contradictory tendencies. The jurists’ creative solution, namely, a division of body adornments and modifications into categories of permitted and prohibited, each according to the criteria of temporary or permanent, enables them to tolerate some, while excluding, condemning, and forbidding others. The presentation and analysis of some popular body adornments and modifications will reveal body perceptions, the beauty myths of medieval Muslim societies, their making, and formulation by the jurists
Beauty · Economics · Fiqh · Islam · Jurisprudence · Monopoly · Mythology · Political science · Sharia · Sociology · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |