Name: Women, Law and Culture
ISBN: 978-3-319-44938-8

Editors:

Jocelynne A. Scutt⁰

Jocelynne A. Scutt
1. University of Buckingham , Buckingham, United Kingdom
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Offers contributions from a wide range of theoretical disciplines: gender studies, women's studies, law, media studies, anthropology and sociology
Offers an authoritative international viewpoint on the treatment of women in society
Questions the intersectional position of women in different cultures around the world

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xvii

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Introduction
- Jocelynne A. Scutt
Pages 1-14
Identity & Representation
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 15-15
  
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Identity & Representation
1. ‘It’s Time to Go!’ ‘You’re Fired’: Australian Big Brother (2005) and Britain’s The Apprentice (2014)
  
  Robin Joyce
  
  Pages 17-33
2. Modern Laws, Human Rights and Marginalisation of Courtesan and Transgender Performers in India
  
  Anna Morcom
  
  Pages 35-50
3. Targeting Muslims Through Women’s Dress: The Niqab and the Psychological War against Muslims
  
  Susan S. M. Edwards
  
  Pages 51-68
4. The Asymmetrical Representation of Gender in Islamic Family Law
  
  Nahda Shehada
  
  Pages 69-87
5. War, Conflict and Gender Ideologies: Middle Eastern Images and Realities
  
  Shadia Edwards-Dashti
  
  Pages 89-106
Space & Place
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 107-107
  
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2. Woman as Cabbage to Women as Prime Ministers and Presidents: Demanding Women’s Rightful Space in the Film and Television Industry
  
  Karen Buczynski-Lee
  
  Pages 109-126
3. Accessing Urban Public Space for a Livelihood: India, Thailand and Philippines in Comparative Perspective
  
  Gisèle Yasmeen
  
  Pages 127-140
4. ‘No Place like Home’—The Human Rights of Women in Aged-Care
  
  Greta Bird, Jo Bird
  
  Pages 141-159
5. Defending Your Country…and Gender—Legal Challenges and Opportunities Confronting Women in the Military
  
  Amy Gaudion
  
  Pages 161-180
6. No Place for a Woman: Harmful Practices, Religion and State Responses
  
  Pragna Patel
  
  Pages 181-202
Bodily & Psychic Integrity
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 203-203
  
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Bodily & Psychic Integrity
1. ‘For the Husband Is the Head of the Wife’: Ephesians 5
  
  Patmalar Ambikapathy Thuraisingham
  
  Pages 205-220
2. Why Does He Abuse? Why Does She Stay?
  
  Cathryn Goodchild
  
  Pages 221-238
3. Commodification of Women and Girls at Home: The Festering of India’s Male Violence
  
  Lynette J. Dumble
  
  Pages 239-262
4. Seeking Equality—Justice and Women’s and Girls’ Human Right Not to Be Subjected to Non-State Torture
  
  Jeanne Sarson, Linda MacDonald
  
  Pages 263-281
5. Conclusion
  
  Jocelynne A. Scutt
  
  Pages 283-301

About this book

This book explores cultural constructs, societal demands and political and philosophical underpinnings that position women in the world. It illustrates the way culture controls women's place in the world and how cultural constraints are not limited to any one culture, country, ethnicity, race, class or status. Written by scholars from a wide range of specialists in law, sociology, anthropology, popular and cultural studies, history, communications, film and sex and gender, this study provides an authoritative take on different cultures, cultural demands and constraints, contradictions and requirements for conformity generating conflict.

Women, Law and Culture is distinctive because it recognises that no particular culture singles out women for 'special' treatment, rules and requirements; rather, all do. Highlighting the way law and culture are intimately intertwined, impacting on women – whatever their country and social and economic status – this book will be of great interest to scholars of law, women’s and gender studies and media studies.

Keywords

Criminology
Socio-legal studies
Gender studies
Queer
Transgender
Human Rights
Criminal Law
Cultural Studies
Violence
Domestic Abuse
Identity

Editors and Affiliations

University of Buckingham , Buckingham, United Kingdom

Jocelynne A. Scutt

About the editor

Jocelynne A. Scutt is a Barrister and Human Rights Lawyer, member of the Inner Temple (London) and Victorian Bar (Melbourne), and Visiting Professor and Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Buckingham, UK, where she teaches Criminal Law, Constitutional Law and Administrative Law, and Sex, Gender and Minorities in Law.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Women, Law and Culture
Book Subtitle: Conformity, Contradiction and Conflict
Editors: Jocelynne A. Scutt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44938-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44937-1Published: 24 February 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83167-1Published: 03 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44938-8Published: 17 February 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 319
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Crime and Society, Critical Criminology, Criminology Theory, Gender Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

Front Matter

Identity & Representation

Front Matter

Identity &amp; Representation

Space & Place

Front Matter

Bodily & Psychic Integrity

Front Matter

Bodily &amp; Psychic Integrity

About this book

Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

University of Buckingham , Buckingham, United Kingdom

About the editor

Bibliographic Information

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Identity & Representation

Bodily & Psychic Integrity