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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818086803321

Autore

Tucker Judith E

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2008

ISBN

9780511437779 : (ebk : EbookCentral)

9780511841316

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Themes in Islamic law ; ; 3

Disciplina

340.5/9

Soggetti

Women (Islamic law)

Married women (Islamic law)

Divorce (Islamic law)

Domestic relations (Islamic law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-246) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.