Mixed blessings: laws, religions and women's rights in the Asia-Pacific region
Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- CHAPTER ONE: SITUATING THE ISSUES, FRAMING THE ANALYSIS --- Carolyn Evans and Amanda Whiting -- CHAPTER TWO: SEX OR SANGHA? NON-NORMATIVE GENDER ROLES FOR WOMEN IN THAI LAW AND RELIGION --- Lucinda Peach -- CHAPTER THREE: WOMEN AND WITCHCR...
| Sumario: | Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- CHAPTER ONE: SITUATING THE ISSUES, FRAMING THE ANALYSIS --- Carolyn Evans and Amanda Whiting -- CHAPTER TWO: SEX OR SANGHA? NON-NORMATIVE GENDER ROLES FOR WOMEN IN THAI LAW AND RELIGION --- Lucinda Peach -- CHAPTER THREE: WOMEN AND WITCHCRAFT: POSITIVIST, PRELAPSARIAN ,AND POST-MODERN JUDICIAL INTERPRETATIONS IN PNG --- Jean G. Zorn -- CHAPTER FOUR: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: WOMEN, RELIGION AND LAW IN SOLOMON ISLANDS --- Jennifer Corrin Care -- CHAPTER FIVE: WOMEN, RELIGION, AND THE LAW IN AOTEAROA/ NEW ZEALAND: THE COMPLEXITY OF ACCOMMODATING DIFFERENT VALUE SYSTEMS IN LAW --- Margaret Bedggood and Leah Whiu -- CHAPTER SIX: THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE RIGHTS OF EAST TIMORESE WOMEN --- Susan Harris Rimmer -- CHAPTER SEVEN: MUSLIM WOMEN'S POLITICAL STRUGGLE FOR MARRIAGE LAW REFORM IN CONTEMPORARY INDONESIA --- Kathryn Robinson -- CHAPTER EIGHT: ISLAMIZATION, MODERNITY, AND THE RE-POSITIONING OF WOMEN IN BRUNEI --- Ann Black -- CHAPTER NINE: 'SHE'S A WOMAN BUT SHE ACTS VERY FAST'1 : WOMEN, RELIGION AND LAW IN SINGAPORE --- Li-ann Thio -- INDEX. |
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| Notas: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descripción Física: | Online-Ressource (xvi, 284 p), 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-90-474-0965-6 90-04-15141-9 978-90-04-15141-3 |
