Shahbano

Shahbano

Uses the postmodern perspective to explore the sense of crisis that can be produced in a society by women's issues. Takes the case of a Muslim woman in India, divorced by her husband by oral pronouncement after 40 years marriage, who bypasssed the traditional support system of her religion, and...

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Veröffentlicht in:Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 1989-04, Vol.14 (Spring 89), p.558-582
Hauptverfasser: Pathak, Z, Sunder Rajan, R
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analysis
Conflict
Decisions
Divorced women
India
Maintenance payments
Muslims
Postmodernism
Religious customs
Supreme Courts
Women
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Zusammenfassung:Uses the postmodern perspective to explore the sense of crisis that can be produced in a society by women's issues. Takes the case of a Muslim woman in India, divorced by her husband by oral pronouncement after 40 years marriage, who bypasssed the traditional support system of her religion, and was granted support by the courts. Discusses the furore this caused. (JLN)
ISSN:0097-9740