States of Marriage - Gender, Justice, and Rights in Colonial Mali

Klappentext States of Marriage shows how throughout the colonial period in French Sudan (present-day Mali) the institution of marriage played a central role in how the empire defined its colonial subjects as gendered persons with certain attendant rights and privileges. Zusammenfassung States of Marriage shows how throughout the colonial period in French Sudan (present-day Mali) the institution of marriage played a central role in how the empire defined its colonial subjects as gendered persons with certain attendant rights and privileges.

Product details

• Authors: Emily S. Burrill
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2015
• EAN: 9780821421451
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2145-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: New African Histories; New African Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous