Islamico-civil "rights talk": Women, subjectivity, and law in Iranian family court

American Ethnologist

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-209

  Osanloo, Arzoo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Islam; Law; Rights talk; Subjectivity; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746846485     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2006.33.2.191     Document Type: Article

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