Marriage, Money and Divorce in Medieval Islamic Society
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization Series)
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High rates of divorce, often taken to be a modern and western phenomenon, were also typical of medieval Islamic societies. By pitting these high rates of divorce against the Islamic ideal of marriage, Yossef Rapoport radically challenges usual assumptions about the legal inferiority of Muslim women and their economic dependence on men. He argues that marriages in late medieval Cairo, Damascus and Jerusalem had little in common with the patriarchal...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521045800
ISBN13:9780521045803
Release Date:December 2007
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:156 Pages
Weight:0.52 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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