The Use of Social Isolation (inqiṭāʿ) by Jewish Women in Medieval Egypt
Abstract Petitions from the Cairo Geniza often emphasize that the petitioner is lonely or “cut off” (munqaṭiʿ) from social support. Such claims are gendered, as they are more common in women’s petitions than in men’s, and women occasionally use explicitly gendered expressions to highlight their soci...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient
Year: 2020, Volume: 63, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 820-852 |
Further subjects: | B
Social Capital
B Jewish women B medieval Egypt B Petitions B Cairo Geniza B Social Isolation |
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