"Off the straight path" : illicit sex, law, and community in Ottoman Aleppo / Elyse Semerdjian.
2008
KBP559.958 .S46 2008 (Mapit)
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"Off the straight path" : illicit sex, law, and community in Ottoman Aleppo / Elyse Semerdjian.
Edition
1st ed.
Imprint
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2008.
Description
xxxviii, 247 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series
Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East.
Formatted Contents Note
Zina in Islamic legal discourse
Zina in Ottoman law
People and court : policing public morality in the streets of Aleppo
Prostitutes, soldiers, and the people : monitoring morality through customary law
In harm's way : domestic violence and rape in the Shari'a courts of Aleppo.
Zina in Ottoman law
People and court : policing public morality in the streets of Aleppo
Prostitutes, soldiers, and the people : monitoring morality through customary law
In harm's way : domestic violence and rape in the Shari'a courts of Aleppo.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-227) and index.
Location
RBSTA
Call Number
KBP559.958 .S46 2008
Language
English
ISBN
0815631731 hardback alkaline paper
9780815631736 hardback alkaline paper
9780815631736 hardback alkaline paper
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