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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790352803321

Titolo

Self-determination and women's rights in Muslim societies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Chitra Raghavan and James p.Levine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waltham, Mass., : Brandeis University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-61168-281-9

9786613675699

1-280-69873-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion, and law

Altri autori (Persone)

LevineJames P

RaghavanChitra

Disciplina

323.3/4091767

Soggetti

Equality before the law - Islamic countries

Women - Legal status, laws, etc - Islamic countries

Women's rights - Religious aspects - Islam

Women's rights - Islamic countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The politics of abortion policy in the heterogeneous "muslim world" / by  Anissa Holie -- Promoting a violence against women law in Morocco : legislative advocacy / by Grassroots-level NGOs, by Saida Kouzzi with Stephanie Willman Bordat -- No way out : the dual subordination of Muslim women in Indian legal culture / by Aziza Ahmed -- Reconsidering talaq : marriage, divorce, and sharia reform in the Republic of Maldives / by Anthony Marcus -- Female circumcision in Southeast Asia since the coming of Islam / by William G. Clarence-Smith -- The Moudawana and rural marital relationships : reformed or resolute / by Katja Zvan Elliott -- Negotiating female genital cutting (Sunat) in Southern Thailand / by Claudia Merli -- The marriage contract in the Maghreb : challenges and opportunities for women's rights / by Stephanie Willman Bordat with Saida Kouzzi -- Unsatisfactory aspects of women's rights to property in Uganda and proposals for reform / by Anthony Luyirika Kafumbe -- Triangulating reform in family law : the state, religion, and women's rights in comparative perspective / by Yoksel Sezgin -- Contemporary Iranian



feminisms : definitions, narratives, and identity / by Roja Fazaeli.

Sommario/riassunto

An interdisciplinary anthology on the intersections of gender, Islam, and law