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Family, Gender, & Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia
Kenneth M. Cuno
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Description for Family, Gender, & Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia
Hardcover. Collects essays that examine issues of gender, family, and law in the Middle East and South Asia. This title addresses the role of religious politics in writing family law and the implications for gender relations, and the tension between international standards emerging from UN conferences and conventions and various nationalist projects. Editor(s): Cuno, Kenneth M.; Desai, Manisha, PhD. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 296 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FK; JFSJ; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
The essays in this collection examine issues of gender, family, and law in the Middle East and South Asia. In particular, the authors address the impact of colonialism on law, family, and gender relations; the role of religious politics in writing family law and the implications for gender relations; and, the tension between international standards emerging from UN conferences and conventions and various nationalist projects. Employing the frame of globalization, the authors highlight how local and global forces interact and influence the experience and actions of people who engage with the law. By virtue of a 'south-south' comparison of two ... Read more
The essays in this collection examine issues of gender, family, and law in the Middle East and South Asia. In particular, the authors address the impact of colonialism on law, family, and gender relations; the role of religious politics in writing family law and the implications for gender relations; and, the tension between international standards emerging from UN conferences and conventions and various nationalist projects. Employing the frame of globalization, the authors highlight how local and global forces interact and influence the experience and actions of people who engage with the law. By virtue of a 'south-south' comparison of two ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Gender and Globalization
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815632351
SKU
V9780815632351
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About Kenneth M. Cuno
Kenneth M. Cuno is associate professor of history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Manisha Desai is the director of Women's Studies at the University of Connecticut.
Reviews for Family, Gender, & Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia
A very timely collection that reveals the desperate need for reform of gender and family law in Muslim, Jewish, and Hindu communities.