Mediality and Materiality in the History of Religions. A Medieval Case Study about Religion and Gender in In-Between Spaces

Mediality and Materiality in the History of Religions. A Medieval Case Study about Religion and Gender in In-Between Spaces

The article discusses possible terminologies for labelling historical materials. Drawing on the history of the city of Cairo around the 12th century – to the Fatimid era and to later Ayyubid times – it looks at the documents of three religions on religious infrastructure donated by women. This revea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bärbel Beinhauer-Köhler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karl Franzens Universität Graz 2015-11-01
Series:Journal for Religion, Film and Media
Subjects:
media
materiality
materials
sources
architecture
new media
Islam
Cairo
women
gender
Judaism
Christianity
public sphere
in-between-spaces
Online Access:http://unipub.uni-graz.at/jrfm/periodical/pageview/809347

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