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Power, secularism and divorce : women’s rights in Egypt and Iran
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Cooke, Samantha (2020) Power, secularism and divorce : women’s rights in Egypt and Iran. National Identities, 22 (5). pp. 479-497. doi:10.1080/14608944.2019.1634034 ISSN 1460-8944.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/14608944.2019.1634034
Abstract
This article explores how the secular nature of the Egyptian and Iranian states affected women’s divorce rights between 1920 and 1939. Contributing to existing literature by examining two states which have not been exclusively compared in this field, unique and important insights emerge regarding secularism, gender equality and family law through textual analysis of laws and memoirs. It demonstrates the impact of secular identities on divorce laws; secularism as a tool to challenge or seek power, and the significance of a state’s political environment. This article challenges assumptions that secularism had little impact on family law in the MENA region.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman K Law [LC] > K Law (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Women's rights -- Egypt -- 20th century, Women's rights -- Iran -- 20th century, Equality, Secularism -- Egypt, Secularism -- Iran, Divorce -- Egypt, Divorce -- Iran, Domestic relations -- Egypt, Domestic relations -- Iran | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | National Identities | ||||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1460-8944 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2020 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 22 | ||||||||
Number: | 5 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 479-497 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/14608944.2019.1634034 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in National Identities on 31/10/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14608944.2019.1634034 | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 June 2019 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 May 2021 | ||||||||
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