{"product_id":"wives-and-work-9780231206891","title":"Wives and Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is widely held today that classical Islamic law denies that wives have any obligation to do housework. Marion Holmes Katz offers a new account of debates on wives’ domestic labor that recasts the historical relationship between Islamic law and ethics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by one of the best Islamic studies scholars working today, this is a clear, well-organized, amply documented, and nuanced account of how Muslim jurists dealt with the question of wives' domestic responsibilities, illustrating brilliantly that jurisprudence was only one among many authoritative 'religious' discourses. -- Kecia Ali, author of \u003ci\u003eMarriage and Slavery in Early Islam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis groundbreaking book makes a significant contribution to the already-rich field of medieval Islamic ethics and law; moreover, Katz's nuanced approach to the many valences of domestic labor has important implications for our understanding of medieval Islamic piety, particularly how pious norms are shaped by class, gender, and social status. -- Karen Bauer, author of \u003ci\u003eGender Hierarchy in the Qur’an: Medieval Interpretations, Modern Responses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy should a wife do housework for free? In this illuminating book, Marion Katz analyzes in depth medieval Muslim intellectuals' nuanced answers to this fundamental question. She demonstrates how they distinguished ethical duties from legal obligations and ultimately reimagined the meaning of marriage and the value of service. An exciting contribution to scholarship on Islamic law and gendered labor. -- Leor Halevi, author of \u003ci\u003eModern Things on Trial: Islam’s Global and Material Reformation in the Age of Rida, 1865–1935\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy providing intensive and wide coverage of this issue, the book provides a major investigative tool into the interaction between law and economic realities.  It portrays the legal content less as a theoretical framework, and more as a realistic approach to the dichotomy that economics and law were confronting together when change occurred. * Reading Religion *\u003cbr\u003eA valuable, frequently surprising book that will attract scholars of law and ethics broadly define as much as specialists in premodern Islamic legal history and philosophy. Highly Recommended. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eThe entire work makes for excellent reading for graduate-level syllabi. Here too, due to the breadth, depth, and richly intersecting bodies of literature that Katz explores, the text will likely invite conversations. * Journal of Islamic Ethics *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Domestic Labor in the Literature of \u003ci\u003eZuhd\u003c\/i\u003e (Renunciation) and in Early Mālikī Texts\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eFalsafa\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFiqh\u003c\/i\u003e in the Writings of al-Māwardī\u003cbr\u003e3. Legal and Ethical Obligation in the \u003ci\u003eMabsūṭ\u003c\/i\u003e of al-Sarakhsī\u003cbr\u003e4. Marriage Reimagined: The Work of Ibn Qudāma and Ibn Taymīya\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400370823511,"sku":"9780231206891","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231206891.jpg?v=1730470523","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wives-and-work-9780231206891","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}