Women, family, and gender in Islamic law / Judith E. Tucker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker, Judith E., author.

Series:

Themes in Islamic law ; 3.

Themes in Islamic law ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women (Islamic law).

Married women (Islamic law).

Divorce (Islamic law).

Domestic relations (Islamic law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Women, Family, & Gender in Islamic Law

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Summary:

In what ways has Islamic law discriminated against women and privileged men? What rights and power have been accorded to Muslim women, and how have they used the legal system to enhance their social and economic position? In an analysis of Islamic law through the prism of gender, Judith Tucker tackles these complex questions relating to the position of women in Islamic society, and to the ways in which the legal system impacted on the family, property rights, space and sexuality, from classical and medieval times to the present. Working with concepts drawn from feminist legal theory and by using particular cases to illustrate her arguments, the author systematically addresses questions of discrimination and expectation - what did men expect of their womenfolk - and of how the language of the law contributed to that discrimination, infecting the system and all those who participated in it.

Contents:

Introduction

Woman as wife and man as husband : making the marital bargain

Woman and man as divorced : asserting rights

Woman and man as legal subjects : managing and testifying

Woman and man in gendered space : submitting.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-246) and index.

ISBN:

9780511437779 : (ebk : EbookCentral)

9780511841316

Publisher Number:

2027/heb30812 hdl