Muslim women's quest for justice :
Tschalaer, Mengia Hong,
Muslim women's quest for justice : gender, law and activism in India / Mengia Hong Tschalaer. - pages cm
Based on author's thesis (doctoral -University of Zurich, 2013).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From legal binaries to configurations : Muslim women's rights activism in South Asia -- A multidimensional approach to Muslim women's activism : mapping the legal landscape in the city of Lucknow -- Destabilising gendered proprieties : Muslim women's visibility within the public space -- Vying for a gender just Islamic marriage contract : women's legal spaces -- Legal realities : doing gender justice from below -- Muslim women's quest for justice: theoretical implications and policy suggestions.
"Discusses the claim that understanding the legal world as plural is an important starting point to think about women's access to justice"--
9781107155770 (hardback : alk. paper)
2017022412
Domestic relations--India.
Muslim women--Legal status, laws, etc.--India.
KNS540 / .T75 2017
346.5401/5
Muslim women's quest for justice : gender, law and activism in India / Mengia Hong Tschalaer. - pages cm
Based on author's thesis (doctoral -University of Zurich, 2013).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From legal binaries to configurations : Muslim women's rights activism in South Asia -- A multidimensional approach to Muslim women's activism : mapping the legal landscape in the city of Lucknow -- Destabilising gendered proprieties : Muslim women's visibility within the public space -- Vying for a gender just Islamic marriage contract : women's legal spaces -- Legal realities : doing gender justice from below -- Muslim women's quest for justice: theoretical implications and policy suggestions.
"Discusses the claim that understanding the legal world as plural is an important starting point to think about women's access to justice"--
9781107155770 (hardback : alk. paper)
2017022412
Domestic relations--India.
Muslim women--Legal status, laws, etc.--India.
KNS540 / .T75 2017
346.5401/5
