Muslim women's quest for justice : gender, law and activism in India / Mengia Hong Tschalaer.

By: Tschalaer, Mengia Hong [author.].

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Text Language of document:EnglishPublisher: 2017Description: xvii, 257 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107155770 (hardback : alk. paper).Subject(s): Domestic relations -- India | Muslim women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- IndiaDDC classification: 346.54015 Online resources: Table of content

Contents:

From legal binaries to configurations : Muslim women's rights activism in South Asia -- A multidimensional approach to Muslim women's activism : mapping the legal landscape in the city of Lucknow -- Destabilising gendered proprieties : Muslim women's visibility within the public space -- Vying for a gender just Islamic marriage contract : women's legal spaces -- Legal realities : doing gender justice from below -- Muslim women's quest for justice: theoretical implications and policy suggestions.

Summary: "Discusses the claim that understanding the legal world as plural is an important starting point to think about women's access to justice"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Central Library Social Science	Social Science Collections	346.54015 T7829 Mu (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		271902

Based on author's thesis (doctoral -University of Zurich, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Discusses the claim that understanding the legal world as plural is an important starting point to think about women's access to justice"-- Provided by publisher.

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