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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Main Author: Zinger, Oded (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: 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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