Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 300 pages)
Ausgabe:
First edition
ISBN:
9780815655763
,
0815655762
Serie:
Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East
Inhalt:
Sonbol (Islamic history, society, and law, Georgetown U.) presents 12 chapters discussing the spectrum of legal and work-related obstacles faced by women, both in the past and in the present, in Jordan. Chapters include women's role in the world of work in Jordan historically and in contemporary times; laws of guardianship and the construction of gender; marriage, obedience, and work; honor crimes; and work and the modern Jordanian woman. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-286) and index
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Introduction: Women in Jordan today -- Background: Qadis, ʻAshaỉr, and modern law -- Women's history and work -- Women and work in Jordan today -- Laws of guardianship and the construction of gender -- Marriage, obedience, and work -- Honor crimes -- Regarding work and the modern Jordanian woman -- Conclusion: What next?
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sonbol, Amira El Azhary Women of Jordan Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2003 ISBN 0815629648
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Politologie
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Theologie/Religionswissenschaften
,
Soziologie
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