| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
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Law, society, policy series |
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Law, society, policy series.
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| Contents |
Front Cover -- Series information -- Polygamy, Policy and Postcolonialism in English Marriage Law: A Critical Feminist Analysis -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- List of Cases -- List of Legislation -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Polygamy, Law and Women's Lives -- Polygamous marriages in English law and policy -- Key themes and arguments -- Context and disruption: the coloniality of responses to polygamy -- Disrupting religion and culture: orientalist hierarchies of marriage -- Disrupting harm and equality in marriage |
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Disrupting marriage recognition -- Notes on methodology: voice and storytelling -- Overview of the book -- 2 Consciousness and Disruption in Critical Postcolonial Feminism -- Critical postcolonial theory and feminism: introduction and relevance -- Polygamy and history: a more contextualised approach -- Alternative accounts: orientalism and imperialism -- Disruptive (hi)stories and voices -- Concluding thoughts -- 3 Polygamy in England: Tracing Legal Developments -- Law as indifferent -- Establishing Christian dominance over marriage law |
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Standardised marriage and standardised arguments: the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries -- Expanding options and indifference into the present day: civil marriage and non-marriage -- Concluding thoughts -- 4 History and Conflict of Laws in Overseas Polygamy -- Private international law: conflict of laws or cultures? -- Denigrating polygamous marriages and wives: the empire speaks -- Mutating non-Christian marriage: potential polygamy -- Differentiating polygamy: protecting public resources -- Concluding thoughts -- 5 Tensions in Religion and Culture -- The importance of religion and culture |
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Collapsing religion and culture -- Complicating the dichotomy and orientalising perceptions -- Concluding thoughts -- 6 Complicating Harm and Gender Equality -- Polygyny in Islam -- Polygamy as harmful and unequal? -- Polygamy and gender equality -- Gender equality and Islam: a case study -- Is agency the answer? -- Concluding thoughts -- 7 Religion, Recognition and Marriage Law -- Attitudes to legal recognition for polygamous marriages -- Why is recognition so important? Practical and social consequences -- Recognition: triumph or trial? -- The dark side of marriage recognition |
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Towards a disruptive politics of recognition -- Concluding thoughts -- 8 Final Thoughts and Reflections -- Key conclusions -- Lingering questions and future directions -- Negotiating my closeness -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Using a critical postcolonial feminist lens, this book provides a contextualised exploration of English legal responses to polygamy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Polygamy -- Law and legislation -- England
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Polygamy -- Law and legislation -- Wales
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Feminist jurisprudence -- England
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Feminist jurisprudence -- Wales
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LAW / Family Law / Marriage
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Feminist jurisprudence
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Polygamy -- Law and legislation
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England
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Wales
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781529210804 |
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1529210801 |
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9781529210811 |
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152921081X |
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