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| Social Statues of Uyghur women in Qing Xinjiang: a study based on legal archives |
| TIAN Huan |
| Shenzhen University Department of History, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060 |
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Abstract Based mainly on legal archives (both criminal and civil) of Qing Xinjiang, this study shows that Uyghur women, living in an environment of legal pluralism, enjoyed higher social and domestic status in Qing Xinjiang than their contemporary counterparts in either China Proper or traditional Islamic societies elsewhere.
Comparatively speaking, they were afforded considerable control over possession of property, experienced less scrutiny from in -laws and the larger community they inhabited, and were allowed to maintain a closer relationship with their natal family after marriage.
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Received: 21 March 2014
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2015, Vol. 32 
