... littoral have been following matriliny for several centuries. It was also one of the most convenient ways to engage in Indian Ocean trade: men could voyage as merchants, sailors, and itinerants, while women stayed on land with the property and controlled households and wider social spheres. This economic...

... in Monsoon Asia, un-Islamic. By reading these fatwas against the grain, that is, seeking to infer from them the arguments made in favor of matriliny by female jurists, and by juxtaposing these insights with those from ethnographic fieldwork, Kooria shows us the vitality of living traditions of property...