ISBN:
9780253025470
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 187 Seiten)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hodgson, Dorothy L Gender, Justice, and the Problem of Culture : From Customary Law to Human Rights in Tanzania
DDC:
342.6780878
Keywords:
Customary law Social aspects
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Women's rights
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Women, Maasai Legal status, laws, etc
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Maasai (African people) Social conditions
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Women, Maasai Social conditions
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Non-governmental organizations Political aspects
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Gruppe
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Rechtsstellung
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Menschenrecht
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Frau
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Massai
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Geschlechterrolle
;
Traditionale Kultur
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Recht
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Tradition
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Politische Beteiligung
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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 contest land grabs by state officials. Despite the easy dismissal by elites of the priorities and perspectives of grassroots women, she shows how Maasai women have always had powerful ways to confront and challenge injustice, express their priorities, and reveal the limits of rights-based legal ideals.
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover -- Gender, Justice, and the Problem of Culture -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Gender, Justice, and the Problem of Culture -- 1 Creating "Law": Colonial Rule, Native Courts, and the Codification of Customary Law -- 2 Debating Marriage: National Law and the Culture of Postcolonial Rule -- 3 Criminalizing Culture: Human Rights, NGOs, and the Politics of Anti-FGM Campaigns -- 4 Demanding Justice: Collective Action, Moral Authority, and Female Forms of Power -- Conclusion: Gender Justice, Collective Action, and the Limits of Legal Interventions -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 165-177
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