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Marriage and its discontents : women, Islam and the law in India / Sylvia Vatuk.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Delhi : Women Unlimited, an associate of Kali for Women, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: xviii, 273 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789385606090
  • 9385606093
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346.54013082 23
LOC classification:
  • Law+
Contents:
'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.
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'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.

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