Orphans of Islam :: family, abandonment, and secret adoption in Morocco /

Orphans of Islam portrays the abject lives and 'excluded body' of abandoned and bastard children in contemporary Morocco, while critiquing the concept and practice of 'adoption, ' which too often is considered a panacea. Through a close and historically grounded reading of legal,...

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1. Verfasser: Bargach, Jamila, 1964-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2002.
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Zusammenfassung:Orphans of Islam portrays the abject lives and 'excluded body' of abandoned and bastard children in contemporary Morocco, while critiquing the concept and practice of 'adoption, ' which too often is considered a panacea. Through a close and historically grounded reading of legal, social, and cultural mechanisms of one predominantly Islamic country, Jamila Bargach shows how 'the surplus bastard body' is created by mainstream society.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvii, 290 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-283) and index.
ISBN:9781461640431
1461640431
1299795145
9781299795143

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