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Morality tales : law and gender in the Ottoman court of Aintab / Leslie Peirce.

By: Peirce, Leslie PMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003. Description: xv, 460 p., [9] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN: 0520228901 (Cloth); 0520228928 (Paper)Subject(s): Women (Islamic law) -- Turkey -- History | Sex and law -- HistoryDDC classification: 346.56101/34 LOC classification: KKX517.5 | .P45 2003
Contents:
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.
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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.