In the house of the law : gender and Islamic law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine /
Tucker, Judith E.
In the house of the law : gender and Islamic law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine / Judith E. Tucker. - xi, 221 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-216) and index.
The law, the courts, and the Muftis --
With her consent: marriage --
Release her with kindness: divorce --
The fullness of affection: mothering and fathering --
If she were ready for men: sexuality and reproduction.
Explores the way in which Islamic legal thinkers understood Islam as it related to women and gender roles. In seventeenth and eighteenth century Syria and Palestine, Muslim legal thinkers gave considerable attention to women's roles in society, this title shows how fatwas, or legal opinions, greatly influenced these roles.
0520210395 (cloth : alk. paper) 9774245342 9789774245343
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--Syria
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--Palestine
Women (Islamic law)
Women--Social conditions.--Syria
Women--Social conditions.--Palestine
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
KMC145.W64 / T83 1998
305.42095691 / T.J.I
In the house of the law : gender and Islamic law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine / Judith E. Tucker. - xi, 221 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-216) and index.
The law, the courts, and the Muftis --
With her consent: marriage --
Release her with kindness: divorce --
The fullness of affection: mothering and fathering --
If she were ready for men: sexuality and reproduction.
Explores the way in which Islamic legal thinkers understood Islam as it related to women and gender roles. In seventeenth and eighteenth century Syria and Palestine, Muslim legal thinkers gave considerable attention to women's roles in society, this title shows how fatwas, or legal opinions, greatly influenced these roles.
0520210395 (cloth : alk. paper) 9774245342 9789774245343
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--Syria
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--Palestine
Women (Islamic law)
Women--Social conditions.--Syria
Women--Social conditions.--Palestine
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
KMC145.W64 / T83 1998
305.42095691 / T.J.I