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5%OFFDorothy L. Hodgson - Gender, Justice, and the Problem of Culture: From Customary Law to Human Rights in Tanzania - 9780253025357 - V9780253025357
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Gender, Justice, and the Problem of Culture: From Customary Law to Human Rights in Tanzania

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Description for Gender, Justice, and the Problem of Culture: From Customary Law to Human Rights in Tanzania Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .

When, where, why, and by whom is law used to force desired social change in the name of justice? Why has culture come to be seen as inherently oppressive to women? In this finely crafted book, Dorothy L. Hodgson examines the history of legal ideas and institutions in Tanzania – from customary law to human rights – as specific forms of justice that often reflect elite ideas about gender, culture, and social change. Drawing on evidence from Maasai communities, she explores how the legacies of colonial law-making continue to influence contemporary efforts to create laws, codify marriage, criminalize FGM, and ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253025357
SKU
V9780253025357
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About Dorothy L. Hodgson
Dorothy L. Hodgson is Professor of anthropology and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (Graduate School—New Brunswick) at Rutgers University and past President of the African Studies Association.As a historical anthropologist, she has worked in Tanzania, East Africa, for almost thirty years on such topics as gender, ethnicity, cultural politics, colonialism, nationalism, modernity, the missionary encounter, transnational organizing, and the ... Read more

Reviews for Gender, Justice, and the Problem of Culture: From Customary Law to Human Rights in Tanzania
Gender, Justice, and the Problem of Culture speaks to a wide range of disciplines and should find pride of place in our curricula.
African Studies Review
Gender, Justice, and the Problem of Culture makes a significant contribution to the study of law in East Africa and elsewhere among colonized peoples, and it should be required reading not only ... Read more

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