TY - GEN T1 - Women of Jordan : Islam, labor & the law T2 - Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East. A1 - Sonbol, Amira El Azhary LA - English PP - Syracuse, N.Y. PB - Syracuse University Press YR - 2003 ED - First edition. UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1311971053 AB - Sonbol (Islamic history, society, and law, Georgetown U.) presents 12 chapters discussing the spectrum of legal and work-related obstacles faced by women, both in the past and in the present, in Jordan. Chapters include women's role in the world of work in Jordan historically and in contemporary times; laws of guardianship and the construction of gender; marriage, obedience, and work; honor crimes; and work and the modern Jordanian woman. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com). OP - 300 CN - HQ1729 .S66 2003eb SN - 9780815655763 SN - 0815655762 SN - 0815629648 SN - 9780815629641 SN - 0815629850 SN - 9780815629856 KW - Börngen, ... KW - Women : Jordan : Social conditions. KW - Women : Jordan : Economic conditions. KW - Women : Legal status, laws, etc. : Jordan. KW - Femmes : Jordanie : Conditions sociales. KW - Femmes : Jordanie : Conditions économiques. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : General. KW - Society. KW - Women : Economic conditions KW - Women : Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Women : Social conditions KW - Jordan KW - Islam KW - Recht KW - Soziale Situation KW - al- Urdunn KW - Frau KW - Jordanien KW - Vrouwen. KW - Islam. KW - Wetgeving. KW - Women : Jordan. KW - Jordan. KW - Women. KW - Islamic law. KW - Rights. ER -