TY - JOUR
T1 - DISSEMBLING DESCENT, OR HOW THE BARBER LOST HIS TURBAN
T2 - IDENTITY AND EVIDENCE IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ZAYDĪ Yemen
AU - Haykel, Bernard
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Court cases involving imposture or impersonation offer unique insights into the workings of legal systems and their underlying ideas about personal identity and the social order. This study, based on manuscript and published sources, examines a case of imposture in eighteenth-century Yemen. Through a close analysis of two accounts of this case, I elucidate the legal processes and evidentiary standards by which personal identity was established, assumptions about a person's social identity, and the enactment of justice in the Zaydī highlands of Yemen.
AB - Court cases involving imposture or impersonation offer unique insights into the workings of legal systems and their underlying ideas about personal identity and the social order. This study, based on manuscript and published sources, examines a case of imposture in eighteenth-century Yemen. Through a close analysis of two accounts of this case, I elucidate the legal processes and evidentiary standards by which personal identity was established, assumptions about a person's social identity, and the enactment of justice in the Zaydī highlands of Yemen.
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U2 - 10.1163/156851902760227126
DO - 10.1163/156851902760227126
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84889028168
SN - 0928-9380
VL - 9
SP - 194
EP - 230
JO - Islamic Law and Society
JF - Islamic Law and Society
IS - 2
ER -