Morality tales : law and gender in the Ottoman court of Aintab / Leslie Peirce.
- Peirce, Leslie P
- Date:
- [2003], ©2003
- Books
- Online
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Publication/Creation
Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2003], ©2003.
Physical description
xv, 460 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Series
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-452) and index.
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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.