by Minces, Juliette, Pallis, Michael

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ISBN-13: 9780862320126
ISBN: 0862320127
Publication Date: 1982
Publisher: Zed Books, Limited

AUTHOR

Minces, Juliette, Pallis, Michael

SUMMARY

The House of Obedience is about women in the Arab world who are still largely subject to a traditional set of beliefs and customs employed to justify a multiplicity of practices against them. The veil, physical mutilation, forced marriage, incarceration in the home, repudiation and polygamy are manifestations of this commitment to a traditional lifestyle, with the Islamic concept of the family as its keystone.Minces, Juliette is the author of 'House of Obedience: Women in Arab Society', published 1982 under ISBN 9780862320126 and ISBN 0862320127.

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