Family, Gender, and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia

by Kenneth M. Cuno

The essays in this collection examine issues of gender, family, and law in the Middle East and South Asia. In particular, the authors address the impact of colonialism on law, family, and gender relations; the role of religious politics in writing family law and the implications for gender relations; and the tension between international standards emerging from UN conferences and conventions and various nationalist projects. Employing the frame...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815632355
• ISBN13: 9780815632351
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"