Based on author's thesis (doctoral -University of Zurich, 2013). Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
From legal binaries to configurations : Muslim women's rights activism in South Asia -- A multidimensional approach to Muslim women's activism : mapping the legal landscape in the city of Lucknow -- Destabilising gendered proprieties : Muslim women's visibility within the public space -- Vying for a gender just Islamic marriage contract : women's legal spaces -- Legal realities : doing gender justice from below -- Muslim women's quest for justice: theoretical implications and policy suggestions.
Summary:
"Discusses the claim that understanding the legal world as plural is an important starting point to think about women's access to justice"-- Provided by publisher.
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