Women of Jordan: Islam, Labor, and the Law

(Part of the Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East Series)

by Amira El-Azhary Sonbol

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In the first book to address the dilemma faced by Jordanian women in the workforce, Amira El-Azhary Sonbol delineates the constraints chat exist in a number of legal practices, namely penal codes chat permit violence against Muslim women and personal status laws that require a husband's permission for a woman to work. Leniency in honor crimes and early marriage and motherhood for girls are other factors that extend the patriarchal power throughout...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0815629850

ISBN13:9780815629856

Release Date:January 2003

Publisher:Syracuse University Press

Length:314 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.1"

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Anthropology Education & Reference Feminist Theory Gender Studies Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Women's Studies

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