In Search of Gender Justice : Rights and Relationships in Matrilineal Malawi
- Submitting institution
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The University of Birmingham
- Unit of assessment
- 25 - Area Studies
- Output identifier
- 44700403
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1017/9781108563031
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 9781108473705
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This book is based on over two years of ethnographic fieldwork. The achievement of fluency in the Chichewa language enabled participation in the everyday life of the village; first hand observations of proceedings in courts and police stations; and the conduct, transcription and translation of interviews. This was necessary for a sensitive interpretation of local conceptions of male and female rights, roles and relationships. By testing this against comparative and theoretical literature in feminist and legal anthropology, the book developed critical insights into how human rights discourses and interventions are challenged and reshaped by local frameworks of gender justice.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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