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Self-determination and women's rights in Muslim societies / edited by Chitra Raghavan and James p.Levine.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion & law.
- Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion, and law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Equality before the law--Islamic countries.
- Equality before the law.
- Women--Legal status, laws, etc--Islamic countries.
- Women.
- Women's rights--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Women's rights.
- Women's rights--Islamic countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (369 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An interdisciplinary anthology on the intersections of gender, Islam, and law
- Contents:
- The politics of abortion policy in the heterogeneous "muslim world" / by Anissa Holie
- Promoting a violence against women law in Morocco : legislative advocacy / by Grassroots-level NGOs, by Saida Kouzzi with Stephanie Willman Bordat
- No way out : the dual subordination of Muslim women in Indian legal culture / by Aziza Ahmed
- Reconsidering talaq : marriage, divorce, and sharia reform in the Republic of Maldives / by Anthony Marcus
- Female circumcision in Southeast Asia since the coming of Islam / by William G. Clarence-Smith
- The Moudawana and rural marital relationships : reformed or resolute / by Katja Zvan Elliott
- Negotiating female genital cutting (Sunat) in Southern Thailand / by Claudia Merli
- The marriage contract in the Maghreb : challenges and opportunities for women's rights / by Stephanie Willman Bordat with Saida Kouzzi
- Unsatisfactory aspects of women's rights to property in Uganda and proposals for reform / by Anthony Luyirika Kafumbe
- Triangulating reform in family law : the state, religion, and women's rights in comparative perspective / by Yoksel Sezgin
- Contemporary Iranian feminisms : definitions, narratives, and identity / by Roja Fazaeli.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61168-281-9
- 9786613675699
- 1-280-69873-X
- OCLC:
- 796995746
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