Claiming Autonomy through Agency in a Patriarchal Structure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6147879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fulera Issaka‐toure (0000-0003-3892-5642, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 78-93 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hawwa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-2078 • E-ISSN: 1569-2086 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15692086-12341303 |
| OpenAlex | W2507619382 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
The Muslim marriage in Ghana is a hierarchical relationship which entails an authority and a subordinate. Husbands are the authorities while wives are the subordinates. The former has more power while the latter acts on the dictates of the former. Such is the structure of Muslim marriages at least at the theoretical level. Husbands are superior and wives are subordinates. However being subordinate does not imply one loses one’s capacity to act and decide for one’s own being. In this paper I would show through empirical research that the supposed subordinate and subservient Muslim wife alters the strand in search of autonomy
Agency (philosophy · Autonomy · Political science · Power (physics · Social science · Sociology · Wife · Law · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology
Autonomy, Gender, Politics
Marriage on Trial
Women, Family, and Gender in Islamic Law
Men in Charge? Rethinking Authority in Muslim Legal Tradition
Sexual ethics and Islam
The Construction Of Gender in Islamic Legal Thought and Strategies for Reform
Changing Roles of Men and Women
Feminist Theory, Embodiment, and the Docile Agent
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |