Women, Family, and Gender in Islamic Law (Themes in Islamic Law)

Women, Family, and Gender in Islamic Law (Themes in Islamic Law)


Yazar Judith E. Tucker
Yayınevi Cambridge University Press
ISBN 9780521537476
Baskı yılı 2008
Sayfa sayısı 268
Ağırlık 0.43 kg
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In what ways has Islamic law discriminated against women and privileged men? What rights and power have been accorded to Muslim women, and how have they used the legal system to enhance their social and economic position? In an analysis of Islamic law thr
1. Introduction; 2. Woman as wife and man as husband: making the marital bargain; 3. Woman and man as divorced: asserting rights; 4. Woman and man as legal subjects: managing and testifying; 5. Woman and man in gendered space: submitting.