In the house of the law : gender and Islamic law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine / Judith E. Tucker.

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"In the House of the Law examines how law, in both theory and practice, shaped gender roles in Palestine and Syria during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was a time during which Muslim legal thinkers gave a great deal of attention to women's roles in society. Challenging prevailing view...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tucker, Judith E.
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [1998], ©1998.
Subjects:
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Syria > History.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Palestine > History.
Women (Islamic law)
Women > Syria > Social conditions.
Women > Palestine > Social conditions.
Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Physical Description:xi, 221 pages : map ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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