In the house of the law : gender and Islamic law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine /

"In the House of the Law examines how law, in both theory and practice, shaped gender roles in Palestine and Syria during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was a time during which Muslim legal thinkers gave a great deal of attention to women's roles in society. Challenging preva...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tucker, Judith E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
Börngen, ...
1288-1918
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.
Femmes > Syrie > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Palestine > Conditions sociales.
86.14 Islamic law.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Women > Social conditions
Geschichte
Rechtsstellung
Frau
Islamitisch recht.
Sekseverschillen.
Vrouwen.
Rechtspositie.
Marriage (Jewish law) > Syria > History.
Marriage (Islamic law) > Israel > History.
Women (Islamic law) > Syria > History.
Women (Islamic law) > Israel > History.
Muslim women > Israel > Social conditions.
Women.
Islamic law.
Fatwas.
Legal history.
Syria.
Femmes > Syrie > Conditions sociales > Histoire.
Femmes > Palestine > Conditions sociales > Histoire.
Femmes > Statut juridique > Syrie > Histoire.
Femmes > Statut juridique > Palestine > Histoire.
Femmes > Statut juridique (droit islamique)
Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Empire ottoman > Histoire.
Middle East > Palestine
Syria
Turkey
Osmanisches Reich
Palästina
Syrien
Syrië
Palestina.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The law, the courts, and the Muftis
  • With her consent: marriage
  • Release her with kindness: divorce
  • The fullness of affection: mothering and fathering
  • If she were ready for men: sexuality and reproduction.

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