Women, Law and Culture
Conformity, Contradiction and Conflict
Editors: Scutt, Jocelynne A. (Ed.)
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- Offers an authoritative international viewpoint on the treatment of women in society
- Questions the intersectional position of women in different cultures around the world
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- About this book
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This book explores cultural constructs, societal demands and political and philosophical underpinnings that position women in the world. It illustrates the way culture controls women's place in the world and how cultural constraints are not limited to any one culture, country, ethnicity, race, class or status. Written by scholars from a wide range of specialists in law, sociology, anthropology, popular and cultural studies, history, communications, film and sex and gender, this study provides an authoritative take on different cultures, cultural demands and constraints, contradictions and requirements for conformity generating conflict.
Women, Law and Culture is distinctive because it recognises that no particular culture singles out women for 'special' treatment, rules and requirements; rather, all do. Highlighting the way law and culture are intimately intertwined, impacting on women – whatever their country and social and economic status – this book will be of great interest to scholars of law, women’s and gender studies and media studies. - About the authors
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Jocelynne A. Scutt is a Barrister and Human Rights Lawyer, member of the Inner Temple (London) and Victorian Bar (Melbourne), and Visiting Professor and Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Buckingham, UK, where she teaches Criminal Law, Constitutional Law and Administrative Law, and Sex, Gender and Minorities in Law.
- Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-14
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‘It’s Time to Go!’ ‘You’re Fired’: Australian Big Brother (2005) and Britain’s The Apprentice (2014)
Pages 17-33
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Modern Laws, Human Rights and Marginalisation of Courtesan and Transgender Performers in India
Pages 35-50
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Targeting Muslims Through Women’s Dress: The Niqab and the Psychological War against Muslims
Pages 51-68
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The Asymmetrical Representation of Gender in Islamic Family Law
Pages 69-87
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Women, Law and Culture
- Book Subtitle
- Conformity, Contradiction and Conflict
- Editors
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- Jocelynne A. Scutt
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-44938-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-44938-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-44937-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-83167-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 319
- Number of Illustrations
- 2 b/w illustrations
- Topics
