Wives and Work: Islamic Law and Ethics Before Modernity
It is widely held today that classical Islamic law frees wives from any obligation to do housework. Wives’ purported exemption from domestic labor became a talking point among Muslims responding to Orientalist stereotypes of the “oppressed Muslim woman” by the late nineteenth century, and it has bee...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Columbia University Press
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Marriage
/ Wife
/ Housework
/ Islamic law
/ Ethics
/ History 800-1300
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| Further subjects: | B
Women (Islamic law)
B domestic labor B philosophical ethics B Domestic relations Religious aspects Islam B Housekeeping (Islamic countries) B gender studies B Islamic law and ethics B Islamic studies B gender roles B Muslim Women B women in Islam B legal studies B Law / Islam / RELIGION B feminism B Women in Islam B housework B Marriage Religious aspects Islam |
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