States of marriage : gender, justice, and rights in colonial Mali / Emily S. Burrill.

States of marriage : gender, justice, and rights in colonial Mali /

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. The book is a modern history of the ideol...

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Main Author: Burrill, Emily (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2015.
Series:New African histories series.
Subjects:
Marriage > Mali > History > 20th century.
Marriage > Political aspects > Mali > History > 20th century.
Marriage law > Mali > History > 20th century.
Women's rights > Mali > History > 20th century.
Mali > Social conditions > 20th century.
Mali > Colonial influence.
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