Marriage and its discontents
Subtitle: women, Islam and the law in India
By: Sylvia Vatuk
Publisher: Women Unlimited, an associate of Kali for Women
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9789385606090
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Muslim women; Legal status, laws; Marriage law; Divorce; Law and legislation; Marriage (Islamic law); Women (Islamic law)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 'Where will she go? What will she do?' : paternalism in the administration of Muslim personal law in contemporary India; title: Muslim women and personal law; title: The 'cancer of dowry' in Muslim marriages : themes in the popular rhetoric from the south Indian Muslim press; title: Divorce at the wife's initiative : options and implications for women's welfare?; title: Islamic feminism in India : Muslim women activists and the reform of Muslim personal law; title: Change and continuity in marital alliance patterns : Muslims in south India, 1800-2012; title: What can divorce stories reveal about Muslim marriages?; title: Maintenance for divorced Muslim women after the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 : a view from the lower courts.