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Record Nr.

UNISA996248279003316

Autore

Tucker Judith E.

Titolo

In the house of the law : gender and Islamic law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine / / Judith E. Tucker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1998]

©1998

ISBN

0-520-92538-6

0-585-07938-2

Edizione

[Reprint 2019]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

305.42/095691

Soggetti

Women - Legal status, laws, etc - Syria - History

Women - Legal status, laws, etc - Palestine - History

Women (Islamic law)

Women - Syria - Social conditions

Women - Palestine - Social conditions

Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. The Law, the Courts, and the Muftis -- 2. With Her Consent: Marriage -- 3. Release Her with Kindness: Divorce -- 4. The Fullness of Affection: Mothering and Fathering -- 5. If She Were Ready for Men: Sexuality and Reproduction -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In an rewarding new study, Tucker explores the way in which Islamic legal thinkers understood Islam as it related to women and gender roles. In seventeenth and eighteenth century Syria and Palestine, Muslim legal thinkers gave considerable attention to women's roles in society, and Tucker shows how fatwas, or legal opinions, greatly influenced these roles. She challenges prevailing views on Islam and gender, revealing Islamic law to have been more fluid and flexible than previously thought. Although the legal system had a consistent patriarchal orientation, it was modulated by sensitivities to the practical needs of women, men, and children. In her comprehensive overview of



a field long neglected by scholars, Tucker deepens our understanding of how societies, including our own, construct gender roles.