The Diversity of Muslim Women's Lives in India

by Zoya Hasan

To what extent does Muslim personal law, such as polygamy and triple talaq (the allowance for men to instantly divorce their wives), affect the lives of Muslim women? Are these factors more or less important than other lifestyle issues such as socioeconomic status?

Over the past several decades, the most influential approaches to the study of Muslim women and nearly all the significant campaigns for their rights have focused on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813537037
• ISBN13: 9780813537030
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"