TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vatuk,Sylvia
TI  - Marriage and its discontents: women, Islam and the law in India 
SN  - 9789385606090
AV  - Law+ 
U1  - 346.54013082 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Women Unlimited, an associate of Kali for Women
KW  - Muslim women
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - India
KW  - Women (Islamic law)
KW  - Marriage (Islamic law)
KW  - Marriage
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Divorce
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Women in Islam
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; 'Where will she go? What will she do?' : paternalism in the administration of Muslim personal law in contemporary India -- Muslim women and personal law -- The 'cancer of dowry' in Muslim marriages : themes in the popular rhetoric from the south Indian Muslim press -- Divorce at the wife's initiative : options and implications for women's welfare? -- Islamic feminism in India : Muslim women activists and the reform of Muslim personal law -- Change and continuity in marital alliance patterns : Muslims in south India, 1800-2012 -- What can divorce stories reveal about Muslim marriages? -- Maintenance for divorced Muslim women after the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 : a view from the lower courts
ER  -