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Women, family, and gender in Islamic law / Judith E. Tucker.
Author
Tucker, Judith E.
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Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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1 online resource (x, 255 pages)
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Women (Islamic law)
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Married women (Islamic law)
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Divorce (Islamic law)
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Domestic relations (Islamic law)
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Series
Themes in Islamic law ; 3.
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Themes in Islamic law ; 3
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Summary note
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 through the prism of gender, Judith Tucker tackles these complex questions relating to the position of women in Islamic society, and to the ways in which the legal system impacted on the family, property rights, space and sexuality, from classical and medieval times to the present. Working with concepts drawn from feminist legal theory and by using particular cases to illustrate her arguments, the author systematically addresses questions of discrimination and expectation - what did men expect of their womenfolk - and of how the language of the law contributed to that discrimination, infecting the system and all those who participated in it.
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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.
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Women, Family, & Gender in Islamic Law
Cambridge University Press. Religion.
ISBN
9780511841316 (ebook)
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