Author: Susan F. Hirsch
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226344638
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The title of Susan Hirsch's study of disputes involving Swahili Muslims in coastal Kenya reflects the image of gender relations most commonly associated with Islamic law. Men need only "pronounce" divorce to resolve marital conflicts, while embattled and embittered wives must persevere by silently enduring marital hardships. But Hirsch's observations of Islamic courts uncover how Muslim women actively use legal processes to transform their domestic lives, achieving victories on some fronts but reinforcing their image as subordinate to men through the speech they produce in court. Pronouncing and Persevering focuses closely on the language used in disputes, particularly how men and women narrate their claims and how their speech shapes and is shaped by gender hierarchy in postcolonial Swahili society. Based on field research and court testimony, Hirsch's book debunks the conventional view that women are powerless under Islamic law and challenges the dichotomies through which Islam and gender relations are currently understood.
Pronouncing and Persevering
Author: Susan F. Hirsch
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226344638
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The title of Susan Hirsch's study of disputes involving Swahili Muslims in coastal Kenya reflects the image of gender relations most commonly associated with Islamic law. Men need only "pronounce" divorce to resolve marital conflicts, while embattled and embittered wives must persevere by silently enduring marital hardships. But Hirsch's observations of Islamic courts uncover how Muslim women actively use legal processes to transform their domestic lives, achieving victories on some fronts but reinforcing their image as subordinate to men through the speech they produce in court. Pronouncing and Persevering focuses closely on the language used in disputes, particularly how men and women narrate their claims and how their speech shapes and is shaped by gender hierarchy in postcolonial Swahili society. Based on field research and court testimony, Hirsch's book debunks the conventional view that women are powerless under Islamic law and challenges the dichotomies through which Islam and gender relations are currently understood.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226344638
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The title of Susan Hirsch's study of disputes involving Swahili Muslims in coastal Kenya reflects the image of gender relations most commonly associated with Islamic law. Men need only "pronounce" divorce to resolve marital conflicts, while embattled and embittered wives must persevere by silently enduring marital hardships. But Hirsch's observations of Islamic courts uncover how Muslim women actively use legal processes to transform their domestic lives, achieving victories on some fronts but reinforcing their image as subordinate to men through the speech they produce in court. Pronouncing and Persevering focuses closely on the language used in disputes, particularly how men and women narrate their claims and how their speech shapes and is shaped by gender hierarchy in postcolonial Swahili society. Based on field research and court testimony, Hirsch's book debunks the conventional view that women are powerless under Islamic law and challenges the dichotomies through which Islam and gender relations are currently understood.
A Critical and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language
Author: Joseph Emerson Worcester
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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A critical pronouncing dictionary ... Also, A key to the classical pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture proper names ... A new edition, carefully revised and corrected
Author: John WALKER (the Philologist.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 796
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Languages : en
Pages : 796
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A Universal Critical and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language: Including Scientific Terms
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language
Author: John Walker
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...
Author: John Walker
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Languages : en
Pages : 766
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 766
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Langage
Author: John Walker
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Languages : en
Pages : 756
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Languages : en
Pages : 756
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language: to which are Prefixed, Principles of English Pronunciation: Rules to be Observed by the Natives of Scotland, Ireland, and London, for Avoiding Their Respective Peculiarities and Directions to Foreigners for Acquiring a Knowledge of the Use of this Dictionary
Author: John Walker
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 688
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Publisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 688
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary. And Expositor of the English Language .. New Ed., Carefully Rev., Corr. and Enl
Author: John Walker (the Philologist.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 684
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 684
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ... to which are Prefixed, Principles of English Pronunciation ... The Whole Interspersed with Observations, Etymological, Critical, and Grammatical
Author: John Walker
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 752
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 752
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