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Morality Tales: Law and Gender in the Ottoman Court of Aintab
Leslie Peirce
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Description for Morality Tales: Law and Gender in the Ottoman Court of Aintab
Paperback. In this analysis, Leslie Peirce delves into the life of a 16th-century Middle Eastern community, bringing to light the ways that women and men used their local law court to solve personal, family and community problems. Num Pages: 475 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH; HBT; JFSJ; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 752.
In this skillful analysis, Leslie Peirce delves into the life of a sixteenth-century Middle Eastern community, bringing to light the ways that women and men used their local law court to solve personal, family, and community problems. Examining one year's proceedings of the court of Aintab, an Anatolian city that had recently been conquered by the Ottoman sultanate, Peirce argues that local residents responded to new opportunities and new constraints by negotiating flexible legal practices. Their actions and the different compromises they reached in court influenced how society viewed gender and also created a dialogue with the ruling regime over ... Read more
In this skillful analysis, Leslie Peirce delves into the life of a sixteenth-century Middle Eastern community, bringing to light the ways that women and men used their local law court to solve personal, family, and community problems. Examining one year's proceedings of the court of Aintab, an Anatolian city that had recently been conquered by the Ottoman sultanate, Peirce argues that local residents responded to new opportunities and new constraints by negotiating flexible legal practices. Their actions and the different compromises they reached in court influenced how society viewed gender and also created a dialogue with the ruling regime over ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
Number of Pages
475
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520228924
SKU
V9780520228924
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About Leslie Peirce
Leslie Peirce is Professor of History and Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire (1993).
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