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

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Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2015.

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Description	1 online resource.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	New African histories
	New African histories series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: States of marriage in colonial West Africa -- Locating gendered knowledge and authority in Sikasso at the turn of the century -- Contesting slavery and marriage in early colonial Sikasso -- Returned soldiers and runaway wives : defining the African family in the French Sudan, 1912/30 -- Wealth in women, wealth in men : the global depression of the 1930s, competing labor obligations, and the Mandel Decree -- Defining the limits and bargains of patriarchy : narratives of domestic violence -- Gender justice and the marriage legibility projects of late colonial French Sudan -- Conclusion: "There are always laws that are not practiced".
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Subject	Marriage -- Mali -- History -- 20th century.
	Marriage.
	Mali.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Marriage -- Political aspects -- Mali -- History -- 20th century.
	Marriage law -- Mali -- History -- 20th century.
	Marriage law.
	Women's rights -- Mali -- History -- 20th century.
	Women's rights.
	Mali -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
	Social conditions.
	Mali -- Colonial influence.
	Colonial influence.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Subject	Marriage.
	Marriage law.
Other Form:	Print version: Burrill, Emily, author. States of marriage 9780821421444 (DLC) 2015007751 (OCoLC)895302222
ISBN	9780821445143 electronic book
	0821445146 electronic book
	9780821421444
	0821421441
	9780821421451
	082142145X
	0821445146

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

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