Family, gender, and law in a globalizing Middle East and South Asia

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Cuno, Kenneth M., 1950-, Desai, Manisha
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Gender and globalization.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Disobedient wives and neglectful husbands : marital relations and the first phase of family law reform in Egypt / Kenneth M. Cuno
  • Patriarchy, sexuality, and property : the impact of colonial state policies on gender relations in India / Flavia Agnes
  • The monotheisms, patriarchy, and the constitutional right to human dignity in Israel / Frances Raday
  • Legal pluralism versus a uniform civil code : the continuing debates in India / Manisha Desai
  • Institutions and women's rights : religion, the state, and family in Turkey / Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat
  • Struggles over personal status and family law in post-Baathist Iraq / Juan Cole
  • Family, gender, and law in Jordan and Palestine / Lynn Welchman
  • Revisiting the debate on family law in Morocco : context, actors, and discourses / Zakia Salime
  • Straddling CEDAW and the MMA : conflicting visions of women's rights in contemporary Pakistan / Anita M. Weiss
  • Gender and law(s) : moral regulation in contemporary Bangladesh / Shelley Feldman
  • Shifting practices and identities : nontraditional relationships among Sunni Muslim Egyptians and Emiratis / Frances S. Hasso
  • Afghan refugee women in Iran : revisioning the Afghan family / Homa Hoodfar.