In the house of the law : gender and Islamic law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine /

"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 preva...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Tucker, Judith E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Berkeley : University of California Press, c1998.
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