清代法律档案所见维吾尔社会中的女性地位

Social Statues of Uyghur women in Qing Xinjiang: a study based on legal archives

清代新疆刑事和民事法律档案反映出与人们对穆斯林女性保守、受男权压制的刻板印象不同,传统维吾尔族女性享有较高的家庭地位和经济、生活上的自主权,如离婚、再婚的自由,与娘家保持亲密联系的自由,对父母遗产的继承权,以及较为独立的家庭财产权等。

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.