ISBN:
1107261449
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1316247783
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9781107261440
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9781316247785
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 279 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Stockreiter, Elke Islamic law, gender, and social change in post-abolition Zanzibar
DDC:
305.4209678/1
Keywords:
Women's rights History 20th century
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Civil rights History
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Justice, Administration of (Islamic law) History
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Islamic law History
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Women Social conditions
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Minorities Social conditions
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Women's rights History 19th century
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Islamic law
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Justice, Administration of (Islamic law)
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Minorities ; Social conditions
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Women ; Social conditions
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Women's rights
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Frau
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Islam
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Civil rights
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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History
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Zanzibar History 1890-1964
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Tanzania ; Zanzibar
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Sansibar
Abstract:
"After the abolition of slavery in 1897, Islamic courts in Zanzibar (East Africa) became central institutions where former slaves negotiated socio-economic participation. By using difficult-to-read Islamic court records in Arabic, Elke Stockreiter reassesses the workings of these courts as well as gender and social relations in Zanzibar Town during British colonial rule (1890-1963). She shows how Muslim judges maintained their autonomy within the sphere of family law and describes how these judges helped advance the rights of women, ex-slaves and other marginalised groups. As was common in other parts of the Muslim world, women usually had to buy their divorce. Thus, Muslim judges played important roles as litigants, moving up the social hierarchy, with ethnicisation increasingly influencing all factors. Drawing upon these previously unexplored sources, this study investigates how Muslim judges both mediated and generated discourses of inclusion and exclusion based on social status rather than gender"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-268) and index
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