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Family, gender, and law in a globalizing Middle East and South Asia / edited by Kenneth M. Cuno and Manisha Desai.
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/Created
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2009.
Description
1 online resource (xx, 308 pages)
Availability
Available Online
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Subject(s)
Domestic relations
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Middle East
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Domestic relations
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South Asia
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Women
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Legal status, laws, etc
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Middle East
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Women
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Legal status, laws, etc
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South Asia
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Related name
Cuno, Kenneth M., 1950-
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Desai, Manisha
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Series
Gender and globalization
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Summary note
"The essays in this collection examine issues of gender, family, and law in the Middle East and South Asia. In particular, the authors address the impact of colonialism on law, family; and gender relations; the role of religious politics in writing family law and the implications for gender relations; and the tension between international standards emerging from UN conferences and conventions and various nationalist projects. Employing the frame of globalization, the authors highlight the ways in which local and global forces interact and influence the experiences and actions of people who engage with the law." "By virtue of a "south-south" comparison of two quite similar and culturally linked regions, contributors avoid positing "the West" as a modem telos. Drawing upon the fields of anthropology, history, sociology, and law, this volume offers a wide-ranging exploration of the complicated history of jurisprudence with regard to family and gender."--Jacket.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
Disobedient wives and neglectful husbands : marital relations and the first phase of family law reform in Egypt / Kenneth M. Cuno
Patriarchy, sexuality, and property : the impact of colonial state policies on gender relations in India / Flavia Agnes
The monotheisms, patriarchy, and the constitutional right to human dignity in Israel / Frances Raday
Legal pluralism versus a uniform civil code : the continuing debates in India / Manisha Desai
Institutions and women's rights : religion, the state, and family in Turkey / Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat
Struggles over personal status and family law in post-Baathist Iraq / Juan Cole
Family, gender, and law in Jordan and Palestine / Lynn Welchman
Revisiting the debate on family law in Morocco : context, actors, and discourses / Zakia Salime
Straddling CEDAW and the MMA : conflicting visions of women's rights in contemporary Pakistan / Anita M. Weiss
Gender and law(s) : moral regulation in contemporary Bangladesh / Shelley Feldman
Shifting practices and identities : nontraditional relationships among Sunni Muslim Egyptians and Emiratis / Frances S. Hasso
Afghan refugee women in Iran : revisioning the Afghan family / Homa Hoodfar.
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Family, gender, & law in a globalizing Middle East & South Asia
ISBN
9780815651482 ((electronic bk.))
0815651481 ((electronic bk.))
OCLC
759158745
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Family, gender, and law in a globalizing Middle East and South Asia [electronic resource] / edited by Kenneth M. Cuno and Manisha Desai.
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Family, gender, and law in a globalizing Middle East and South Asia / edited by Kenneth M. Cuno and Manisha Desai.
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