EAN: 9783319326429

GENDERED POLITICS AND LAW IN JORDAN - AFAF JABI...

This book analyzes how the state constructs and reproduces gender identities in the context and
geopolitics of Jordan. Guardianship over women is examined as not only the basis of women¿s
legal and social subordination  but also a key factor in the construction and reproduction of a
gender hierarchy system. Afaf Jabiri probes how a masculine state gives power and legitimacy
through guardianship to institutions¿including family  religion  and tribe¿in managing 
producing  and constructing gender identity. Does the masculine institution succeed in imposing
a dominant form of femininity? Or are there ways by which women escape and resist the social
and legal construction of femininity? Based on over 60 case studies of contemporary women in
Jordan  the book additionally examines how the resultant strategies and tactics developed by
women in Jordan are influenced by and affect their status within the guardianship system.

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