Elizabeth Brownson

Broschiertes Buch

Palestinian Women and Muslim Family Law in the Mandate Period

Beschreibung

Sheds light on Palestinian Muslim women's agency in shariâ a courts from the British Mandate period to the present. Brownsonâ s archival research on wife-initiated maintenance claims, divorce, and child custody cases deepens our understanding of womenâ s position in the courts, demonstrating Muslim womenâ s active participation in their legal affairs.

Autor

Elizabeth Brownson is associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside.

Produktdetails

• Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East
• Verlag: Syracuse University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 255mm x 613mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9780815636465
• ISBN-10: 0815636466
• Artikelnr.: 54609134