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Author Stockreiter, Elke, author.

Title Islamic law, gender and social change in post-abolition Zanzibar / Elke Stockreiter
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 279 pages)
Summary "After the abolition of slavery in 1897, Islamic courts in Zanzibar (East Africa) became central institutions where former slaves negotiated socio-economic participation. By using difficult-to-read Islamic court records in Arabic, Elke Stockreiter reassesses the workings of these courts as well as gender and social relations in Zanzibar Town during British colonial rule (1890-1963). She shows how Muslim judges maintained their autonomy within the sphere of family law and describes how these judges helped advance the rights of women, ex-slaves and other marginalised groups. As was common in other parts of the Muslim world, women usually had to buy their divorce. Thus, Muslim judges played important roles as litigants, moving up the social hierarchy, with ethnicisation increasingly influencing all factors. Drawing upon these previously unexplored sources, this study investigates how Muslim judges both mediated and generated discourses of inclusion and exclusion based on social status rather than gender"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 March 2015)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-268) and index
SUBJECT Börngen, ... gnd
Sansibar gnd
Subject Women's rights -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- History -- 19th century
Women's rights -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- History
Justice, Administration of (Islamic law) -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- History
Islamic law -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- History
Women -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Social conditions
Minorities -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Social conditions
Justice, Administration of (Islamic law) -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Civil rights
Islamic law
Justice, Administration of (Islamic law)
Minorities -- Social conditions
Women -- Social conditions
Women's rights
Islam
SUBJECT Zanzibar -- History -- 1890-1964. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010014341
Subject Tanzania -- Zanzibar
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781107261440
1107261449
9781316247785
1316247783