TY - BOOK ID - 12068720 TI - Gendered Politics and Law in Jordan : Guardianship over Women PY - 2016 SN - 3319326422 3319326430 9783319326429 9783319326436 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Political science. KW - Islam. KW - Gender identity KW - Ethnology KW - Middle East KW - Sociology. KW - Sex (Psychology). KW - Gender expression. KW - Gender identity. KW - Political Science and International Relations. KW - Middle Eastern Politics. KW - Gender Studies. KW - Religion and Gender. KW - Middle Eastern Culture. KW - Religious aspects. KW - Middle East. KW - Politics and government. KW - Women KW - Economic conditions. KW - Social conditions. KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Gender expression KW - Religious aspects KW - Economic conditions KW - Social conditions KW - Human females KW - Wimmin KW - Woman KW - Womon KW - Womyn KW - Sex identity (Gender identity) KW - Sexual identity (Gender identity) KW - Identity (Psychology) KW - Sex (Psychology) KW - Queer theory KW - Expression, Gender KW - Sex role KW - Psychology, Sexual KW - Sex KW - Sexual behavior, Psychology of KW - Sexual psychology KW - Sensuality KW - Social theory KW - Social sciences KW - Mohammedanism KW - Muhammadanism KW - Muslimism KW - Mussulmanism KW - Religions KW - Muslims KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - State, The KW - Psychological aspects KW - Females KW - Human beings KW - Femininity KW - Middle East-Politics and governm. KW - Gender identity-Religious aspect. KW - Ethnology-Middle East . KW - Middle East—Politics and government. KW - Gender identity—Religious aspects. KW - Ethnology—Middle East . KW - Women - Jordan KW - Gender identity - Religious aspects KW - Women - Jordan - Economic conditions KW - Women - Jordan - Social conditions KW - Women - Legal status, laws, etc. - Jordan UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:12068720 AB - 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. ER -