Beschreibung:
Yossef Rapoport is an associate member of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford.
The author explores gender relations, marriage and divorce in medieval Islamic society.
Acknowledgements; Glossary; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Marriage, divorce and the gender division of property; 2. Working women, single women and the rise of the female rib¿t; 3. The monetization of marriage; 4. Divorce, repudiation and settlement; 5. Repudiation as public power; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.