Farah Chowdhury

Islam and Women's Income (eBook, PDF)

Dowry and Law in Bangladesh

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the interrelationship between law, culture, patriarchy and religion in the context of contemporary Bangladesh. Taking a socio-legal approach, it analyses the changing nature of the dowry practice and its relation to women's increasing paid labour force activity. Despite anti-dowry legislation, it is argued here that the dowry system continues in the form of the appropriation of wives' income. The work calls for legal recognition of this action and the amendment of the Dowry Prohibition Act as a result of the changing social realities that are taking place in the lives of Bangladeshi women.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315390697
• Artikelnr.: 47382931

Autorenporträt

Farah Deeba Chowdhury is a Scholar in Residence at the Global Labour Research Centre, York University, Canada. She has served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh and has also held an SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Gender Studies at Queen's University, Canada. She specializes in the areas of Islam, gender and law; gender and work; gender and politics; and gender and development. She has published widely on these topics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Theoretical and Conceptual Issues
Equality Debates in the West
Equality Within Islam: Formal and Substantive
Methodology
Overview of Remaining Chapters
Women and Islam in Bangladesh
The Politics of Islam in Bangladeshi Society
Women, Islam and Society in Bangladesh
Women in the Popular Books on Islam in Bangladesh
Misinterpretation of Islam and Husband-Wife Relationships in Bangladesh
Muslim Family Law in Bangladesh
Dower and Maintenance in Bangladesh
Divorce
Polygamy
Child Custody and Guardianship
Inheritance Law
CEDAW, Islamic Law and Women in Bangladesh
CEDAW and Islamic Law
CEDAW and Muslim Countries
CEDAW, Islam and Politics in Bangladesh
Same Responsibilities Between Men and Women
Dowry, Women and Law in Bangladesh
The Dowry System in South Asia
The Emergence of Dowry in Bangladesh
Men's Expectations from Their Wives or Wives' Family During Marriage
Dowry and Law in Bangladesh
Women, Income and Dowry in Bangladesh.
Women and Employment
Women's Income and Dowry in Bangladesh
The Strategies That Husbands Employ to Control Wives' Income
Conclusion