Morality tales : law and gender in the Ottoman court of Aintab / Leslie Peirce.

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Peirce, Leslie P

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TextSeries: ACLS Humanities E-BookPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 460 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520926974
0520926978
0585456372
9780585456379
9780520228900
0520228901
9780520228924
0520228928
1597347620
9781597347624
9786612758942
6612758945
1282758942
9781282758940

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Morality tales.DDC classification:

346.56101/34 21

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KKX517.5 .P45 2003eb

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EH 5384
342.7
NK 4000
NW 8100
PW 9400

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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. İne'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.

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Summary: In this analysis, Leslie Peirce delves into the life of a 16th-century Middle Eastern community, bringing to light the ways that women and men used their local law court to solve personal, family and community problems.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-452) and index.

In this analysis, Leslie Peirce delves into the life of a 16th-century Middle Eastern community, bringing to light the ways that women and men used their local law court to solve personal, family and community problems.

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