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Tucker, Judith E.

Women, family, and gender in Islamic law / Judith E. Tucker. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - x, 255 p. : maps ; 24 cm. - Themes in Islamic law ; 3 . - Themes in Islamic law ; 3. .

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

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.

Examines the position of women in Islamic society, and the ways in which the legal system has shaped the family, property rights, space, and sexuality, from classical and medieval times to the present, with case studies that illustrate discrimination and expectations in the culture.

Adult Follett Library Resources.

ISBN: 9780521830447 (trade) 0521830443 (trade) 9780521537476 (pbk.) 0521537479 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2008019563

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA893667 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014680150 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women (Islamic law)
Married women (Islamic law)
Divorce (Islamic law)
Domestic relations (Islamic law)
Islamic law.
Women.
Wives.
Divorce.
Domestic relations.

LC Class. No.: KBP526.3 / .T83 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 340.5/9