The House of Obedience
Women in Arab Society
Minces, Juliette
Publisher: Zed
Year Published: 1982
Pages: 112pp ISBN: 0-86232-063-1
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX19701
The House of Obedience is about women in the Arab world who are still largely subject to a traditional set of beliefs and customs employed to justify a multiplicity of practices against them. The veil, physical mutiliation, forced marriage, incarceration in the home, repudiation and polygamy are manifestations of this commitment to a tradional lifestyle, with the Islamic concept of the family as its keystone.
