Social and gender inequality in Oman : the power of religious and political tradition / / Khalid M. Al-Azri |
Autore | Al-Azri Khalid M. <1969-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.4095353 |
Collana | Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Oman - Social conditions
Equality - Oman |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-415-53879-3
1-283-71198-2 0-203-11558-9 1-136-29581-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Social and Gender Inequality in Oman; Copyright Page; Contents; Challenges of fieldwork research; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on transliteration and acknowledgment of publication; 1 'Doing gender' in uncharted territory; Scope of the study; Directions and significance; Approaching the study of gender in Oman; Fieldwork difficulties; Structure of the book; 2 Omani contexts: shaping of the Al Sa'id policy; Introduction: isolation and underdevelopment; The interior of Oman: tribes and religion; The capital and the coast
Present society: geography, population and politicsOman: the 1970 'renaissance' and the problem of' backwardness'; Oil and social change; Kafa'a and talaq: overview of the legacies of traditional culture; 3 Islamic law Conceptual framework of the study; Introduction; Islamic law: a brief historical background; Islamic law and the challenge of modernity; Ibadi profile, struggle for survival and equality; Omani society and the challenge of modernity; 4 The scholarly debate on kafa'a and socio-economicchange; Introduction; Historical sketch: the law and socio-economic reality Kafa'a: definition, justification and applicationKafa'a according to the Hanafis; Kafa'a: the opinion of other Islamic schools; Oman: identities, stigma and kafa'a; Slavery and other influential cultural aspects; Religious discussion and social conflict; 5 Change and conflictKafa'a in marriage in contemporary Omani society; Introduction; Papering over the cracks: the statist unification project after 1970; Kafa'a in the courts: conflict of cultural values; The symbiosis of kafa'a and talaq; Unproductive tension: Basic Law and Personal Status Law Kafa'a at an impasse: change and resistance to change6 One or three? Talaq and tripletalaq at one time Pre-modern Islamic argumentand modern practice; Introduction; Talaq and its divisions; Proper and wrongful; Revocable and irrevocable; Three or one talaq; Triple talaq and the impact of social change; Three talaq: modern views and social change; 7 The dilemma of talaq in Oman; Introduction; Talaq in society and its implications; The dowry; Spinsterhood; Responsibility and women's nature; First group: the traditionalists; Second group: the reformers; Legal challenge: the case of triple talaq Responsibility and women's statusResolving the problems of talaq; Talaq: the state and traditional Omani culture; 8 Arrested developmentThe Omani state and the questionof cultural identity; Introduction; The struggle between the Imama and the Sultanate (1920-1955); War of Dhofar (1962-1970); Theocracy, monarchy, socialism and Oman's modernity; Alliance of necessity: the state and Islam since 1970; The position of the Mufti General of the State; Legitimacy through development: post-1970 discourse; The rise of Islamic discourse and the age of Omani culture Renewal of the Imama in the twenty-first century |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462175603321 |
Al-Azri Khalid M. <1969-, > | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Social and gender inequality in Oman : the power of religious and political tradition / / Khalid M. Al-Azri |
Autore | Al-Azri Khalid M. <1969-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.4095353 |
Collana | Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Oman - Social conditions
Equality - Oman |
ISBN |
1-136-29580-1
0-415-53879-3 1-283-71198-2 0-203-11558-9 1-136-29581-X |
Classificazione | SOC008000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Social and Gender Inequality in Oman; Copyright Page; Contents; Challenges of fieldwork research; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on transliteration and acknowledgment of publication; 1 'Doing gender' in uncharted territory; Scope of the study; Directions and significance; Approaching the study of gender in Oman; Fieldwork difficulties; Structure of the book; 2 Omani contexts: shaping of the Al Sa'id policy; Introduction: isolation and underdevelopment; The interior of Oman: tribes and religion; The capital and the coast
Present society: geography, population and politicsOman: the 1970 'renaissance' and the problem of' backwardness'; Oil and social change; Kafa'a and talaq: overview of the legacies of traditional culture; 3 Islamic law Conceptual framework of the study; Introduction; Islamic law: a brief historical background; Islamic law and the challenge of modernity; Ibadi profile, struggle for survival and equality; Omani society and the challenge of modernity; 4 The scholarly debate on kafa'a and socio-economicchange; Introduction; Historical sketch: the law and socio-economic reality Kafa'a: definition, justification and applicationKafa'a according to the Hanafis; Kafa'a: the opinion of other Islamic schools; Oman: identities, stigma and kafa'a; Slavery and other influential cultural aspects; Religious discussion and social conflict; 5 Change and conflictKafa'a in marriage in contemporary Omani society; Introduction; Papering over the cracks: the statist unification project after 1970; Kafa'a in the courts: conflict of cultural values; The symbiosis of kafa'a and talaq; Unproductive tension: Basic Law and Personal Status Law Kafa'a at an impasse: change and resistance to change6 One or three? Talaq and tripletalaq at one time Pre-modern Islamic argumentand modern practice; Introduction; Talaq and its divisions; Proper and wrongful; Revocable and irrevocable; Three or one talaq; Triple talaq and the impact of social change; Three talaq: modern views and social change; 7 The dilemma of talaq in Oman; Introduction; Talaq in society and its implications; The dowry; Spinsterhood; Responsibility and women's nature; First group: the traditionalists; Second group: the reformers; Legal challenge: the case of triple talaq Responsibility and women's statusResolving the problems of talaq; Talaq: the state and traditional Omani culture; 8 Arrested developmentThe Omani state and the questionof cultural identity; Introduction; The struggle between the Imama and the Sultanate (1920-1955); War of Dhofar (1962-1970); Theocracy, monarchy, socialism and Oman's modernity; Alliance of necessity: the state and Islam since 1970; The position of the Mufti General of the State; Legitimacy through development: post-1970 discourse; The rise of Islamic discourse and the age of Omani culture Renewal of the Imama in the twenty-first century |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785938203321 |
Al-Azri Khalid M. <1969-, > | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Social and gender inequality in Oman : the power of religious and political tradition / / Khalid M. Al-Azri |
Autore | Al-Azri Khalid M. <1969-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.4095353 |
Collana | Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Oman - Social conditions
Equality - Oman |
ISBN |
1-136-29580-1
0-415-53879-3 1-283-71198-2 0-203-11558-9 1-136-29581-X |
Classificazione | SOC008000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Social and Gender Inequality in Oman; Copyright Page; Contents; Challenges of fieldwork research; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on transliteration and acknowledgment of publication; 1 'Doing gender' in uncharted territory; Scope of the study; Directions and significance; Approaching the study of gender in Oman; Fieldwork difficulties; Structure of the book; 2 Omani contexts: shaping of the Al Sa'id policy; Introduction: isolation and underdevelopment; The interior of Oman: tribes and religion; The capital and the coast
Present society: geography, population and politicsOman: the 1970 'renaissance' and the problem of' backwardness'; Oil and social change; Kafa'a and talaq: overview of the legacies of traditional culture; 3 Islamic law Conceptual framework of the study; Introduction; Islamic law: a brief historical background; Islamic law and the challenge of modernity; Ibadi profile, struggle for survival and equality; Omani society and the challenge of modernity; 4 The scholarly debate on kafa'a and socio-economicchange; Introduction; Historical sketch: the law and socio-economic reality Kafa'a: definition, justification and applicationKafa'a according to the Hanafis; Kafa'a: the opinion of other Islamic schools; Oman: identities, stigma and kafa'a; Slavery and other influential cultural aspects; Religious discussion and social conflict; 5 Change and conflictKafa'a in marriage in contemporary Omani society; Introduction; Papering over the cracks: the statist unification project after 1970; Kafa'a in the courts: conflict of cultural values; The symbiosis of kafa'a and talaq; Unproductive tension: Basic Law and Personal Status Law Kafa'a at an impasse: change and resistance to change6 One or three? Talaq and tripletalaq at one time Pre-modern Islamic argumentand modern practice; Introduction; Talaq and its divisions; Proper and wrongful; Revocable and irrevocable; Three or one talaq; Triple talaq and the impact of social change; Three talaq: modern views and social change; 7 The dilemma of talaq in Oman; Introduction; Talaq in society and its implications; The dowry; Spinsterhood; Responsibility and women's nature; First group: the traditionalists; Second group: the reformers; Legal challenge: the case of triple talaq Responsibility and women's statusResolving the problems of talaq; Talaq: the state and traditional Omani culture; 8 Arrested developmentThe Omani state and the questionof cultural identity; Introduction; The struggle between the Imama and the Sultanate (1920-1955); War of Dhofar (1962-1970); Theocracy, monarchy, socialism and Oman's modernity; Alliance of necessity: the state and Islam since 1970; The position of the Mufti General of the State; Legitimacy through development: post-1970 discourse; The rise of Islamic discourse and the age of Omani culture Renewal of the Imama in the twenty-first century |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818642303321 |
Al-Azri Khalid M. <1969-, > | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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