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In the House of the Law: Gender and Islamic Law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine

By Judith E. Tucker

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9780520925380
DOI
10.1525/9780520925380
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7458376 bytes)
Edition
Reprint 2019
Pages
232\233
Time added
2023-08-15 03:29:13

Description

In an rewarding new study, Tucker 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, and Tucker shows how fatwas, or legal opinions, greatly influenced these roles. She challenges prevailing views on Islam and gender, revealing Islamic law to have been more fluid and flexible than previously thought. Although the legal system had a consistent patriarchal orientation, it was modulated by sensitivities to the practical needs of women, men, and children. In her comprehensive overview of a field long neglected by scholars, Tucker deepens our understanding of how societies, including our own, construct gender roles.

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