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Author Peirce, Leslie P.

Title Morality tales [electronic resource] : law and gender in the Ottoman court of Aintab / Leslie Peirce.

Imprint Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, c2003.

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 Axe ACLS Humanities E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xv, 460 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Series ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-452) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Pt. I. The setting: Aintab and its court. Locating Aintab in space and time ; The people of Aintab and their world ; Introducing the court of Aintab -- Pt. II. Gender and the terrain of local justice. ne's story: a child marriage in trouble ; Gender, class and social heirarchy ; Morality and self-repesentation at court ; Women, property, and the court -- Pt. III. Law, community, and the state. Haciye Sabah's story: a teacher on trial ; Negotiating legitimacy through the law ; Punishment, violence, and the court -- Pt. IV. Making justice at the court of Aintab. Fatma's story: the dilemma of a pregnant girl ; Conclusion.
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2012. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
Subject Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Islamic law) -- Turkey -- History.
Sex and law -- History.
Added Author American Council of Learned Societies.
In: ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/
Other Form: Original 0520228901 0520228928 (DLC) 2002152228
Standard No. 2027/heb08968 hdl

 
    
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