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Women, family, and gender in Islamic law / Judith E. Tucker.

By: Series: Themes in Islamic law ; 3.Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511438448
  • 0511438443
  • 0521830443
  • 9780521830447
  • 0521537479
  • 9780521537476
  • 0511437773
  • 9780511437779
  • 9780511841316
  • 0511841310
  • 0511435525
  • 9780511435522
  • 9780511436314
  • 0511436319
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women, family, and gender in Islamic law.DDC classification:
  • 340.5/9 22
LOC classification:
  • KBP526.3 .T83 2008eb
Other classification:
  • 86.14
  • BE 8630
  • PU 8200
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Woman as wife and man as husband : making the marital bargain -- Woman and man as divorced : asserting rights -- Woman and man as legal subjects : managing and testifying -- Woman and man in gendered space : submitting.
Summary: Examines the position of women in Islamic society, and the ways in which the legal system has shaped the family, property rights, space, and sexuality, from classical and medieval times to the present, with case studies that illustrate discrimination and expectations in the culture.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-243) and index.

Introduction -- Woman as wife and man as husband : making the marital bargain -- Woman and man as divorced : asserting rights -- Woman and man as legal subjects : managing and testifying -- Woman and man in gendered space : submitting.

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Examines the position of women in Islamic society, and the ways in which the legal system has shaped the family, property rights, space, and sexuality, from classical and medieval times to the present, with case studies that illustrate discrimination and expectations in the culture.

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