Format:
1 online resource (xii, 137 pages)
ISBN:
9780511497506
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
Content:
High rates of divorce, often taken to be a modern and western phenomenon, were also typical of medieval Islamic societies. By pitting these high rates of divorce against the Islamic ideal of marriage,Yossef Rapoport radically challenges usual assumptions about the legal inferiority of Muslim women and their economic dependence on men. He argues that marriages in late medieval Cairo, Damascus and Jerusalem had little in common with the patriarchal models advocated by jurists and moralists. The transmission of dowries, women's access to waged labour, and the strict separation of property between spouses made divorce easy and normative, initiated by wives as often as by their husbands. This carefully researched work of social history is interwoven with intimate accounts of individual medieval lives, making for a truly compelling read. It will be of interest to scholars of all disciplines concerned with the history of women and gender in Islam
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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Marriage, divorce, and the gender division of property -- Working women, single women, and the rise of the female ribat -- The monetization of marriage -- Divorce, repudiation, and settlement -- Repudiation and public power
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe ISBN 978-0-521-04580-3
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe ISBN 978-0-521-84715-5
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Theology
Keywords:
Kairo
;
Eheschließung
;
Ehescheidung
;
Damaskus
;
Jerusalem
;
Geschichte 1300-1500
;
Kairo
;
Muslimin
;
Soziale Situation
;
Damaskus
;
Jerusalem
;
Geschichte 1300-1500
;
Islam
;
Eheschließung
;
Ehescheidung
;
Geschichte 1300-1500
;
Islam
;
Frau
;
Soziale Situation
;
Geschichte 1300-1500
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511497506
URL:
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Author information:
Rapoport, Yossef 1968-
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