Format:
1 online resource (369 pages)
ISBN:
9781611682816
Series Statement:
Brandeis Series on Gender, Culture, Religion, and Law
Content:
An interdisciplinary anthology on the intersections of gender, Islam, and law.
Content:
Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Gender Equality, Change, and the Quest for Social Justice for Women in Muslim Societies -- I | Politics of Change -- 1 | The Politics of Abortion Policy in the Heterogeneous "Muslim World" -- 2 | Promoting a Violence against Women Law in Morocco: Legislative Advocacy by Grassroots-level NGOS -- 3 | No Way Out: The Dual Subordination of Muslim Women in Indian Legal Culture -- II | Law and Culture -- 4 | Reconsidering "Talaq": Marriage, Divorce, and Sharia Reform in the Republic of Maldives -- 5 | Female Circumcision in Southeast Asia since the Coming of Islam -- 6 | The Moudawana and Rural Marital Relationships: Reformed or Resolute? -- 7 | Negotiating Female Genital Cutting ("Sunat") in Southern Thailand -- III | The Law in Action -- 8 | The Marriage Contract in the Maghreb: Challenges and Opportunities for Women's Rights -- 9 | Unsatisfactory Aspects of Women's Rights to Property in Uganda and Proposals for Reform -- IV | Feminist Identities -- 10 | Triangulating Reform in Family Law -- 11 | Contemporary Iranian Feminisms: Definitions, Narratives, and Identity -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Contributors -- Index.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781611682793
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781611682793
Language:
English
Keywords:
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