Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 460 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates)
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illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9780520926974
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0520926978
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0585456372
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9780585456379
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9780520228900
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0520228901
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9780520228924
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0520228928
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1597347620
,
9781597347624
,
9786612758942
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6612758945
,
1282758942
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9781282758940
Content:
In this analysis, Leslie Peirce delves into the life of a 16th-century Middle Eastern community, bringing to light the ways that women and men used their local law court to solve personal, family and community problems
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-452) and index
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Introduction -- pt. I. The setting: Aintab and its court. Locating Aintab in space and time ; The people of Aintab and their world ; Introducing the court of Aintab -- pt. II. Gender and the terrain of local justice. İne's story: a child marriage in trouble ; Gender, class and social heirarchy ; Morality and self-repesentation at court ; Women, property, and the court -- pt. III. Law, community, and the state. Haciye Sabah's story: a teacher on trial ; Negotiating legitimacy through the law ; Punishment, violence, and the court -- pt. IV. Making justice at the court of Aintab. Fatma's story: the dilemma of a pregnant girl ; Conclusion.
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English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Peirce, Leslie P Morality tales Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003 ISBN 0520228901
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Law
