Morality tales law and gender in the Ottoman court of Aintab /

Peirce, Leslie P.

Morality tales law and gender in the Ottoman court of Aintab / [electronic resource] : Leslie Peirce. - Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, c2003. - xv, 460 p. : maps ; 24 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-452) and index.

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.

2027/heb08968 hdl

--Legal status, laws, etc. (Islamic law)--History.--Turkey--History.

Women Sex and law