Honour and violence : gender, power and law in southern Pakistan / Nafisa Shah.
2016
KPL4052 .S57 2016 (Mapit)
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Title
Honour and violence : gender, power and law in southern Pakistan / Nafisa Shah.
Imprint
New York : Berghahn, 2016.
Copyright
©2016.
Description
xvii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
New directions in anthropology ; v. 39.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: honour violence, law and power in upper Sindh
Ghairat, karo kari and the spectacles of violence: how men and women become black
Honour violence, law and moral power in colonial Sindh
Karo kari, wali and family violence: cultural violence mirroring law
Violence, kin groups and the feud: the making of frontier justice
Mediations on the frontier: ceremonies of justice, ceremonies of faislo and the ideology of kheerkhandr
The criminal justice and legal contests of honour: two case studies
The sound of the silence: lives, narratives and strategies of runaway and missing women of upper Sindh
Conclusion: Karyan Ja Kabrustan: the imaginary burial grounds for black women.
Ghairat, karo kari and the spectacles of violence: how men and women become black
Honour violence, law and moral power in colonial Sindh
Karo kari, wali and family violence: cultural violence mirroring law
Violence, kin groups and the feud: the making of frontier justice
Mediations on the frontier: ceremonies of justice, ceremonies of faislo and the ideology of kheerkhandr
The criminal justice and legal contests of honour: two case studies
The sound of the silence: lives, narratives and strategies of runaway and missing women of upper Sindh
Conclusion: Karyan Ja Kabrustan: the imaginary burial grounds for black women.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-269) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KPL4052 .S57 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781785330810 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1785330810 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781785333651 (paperback)
1785333658 (paperback)
9781785330827 (electronic book)
1785330810 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781785333651 (paperback)
1785333658 (paperback)
9781785330827 (electronic book)
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