Honour and violence : gender, power and law in southern Pakistan / Nafisa Shah

First published

Englisch

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2016

xvii, 283 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten, Diagramme

Includes bibliographical references and index

1606

978-1-78533-081-0 hardback : alkaline paper

978-1-78533-365-1 paperback

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-1-78533-082-7 (Fernzugriff)

IntroductionGhairat, 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.

*978-1-78533-082-7

*Provinz Sind / Ehrenmord / Frau / Justiz

*Sind / Frau / Rechtsstellung / Geschichte

*Sind / Familienehre / Gewalttätigkeit / Ehrenmord / Geschichte

*Honor killings -- Pakistan -- Sindh ; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Pakistan -- Sindh ; Family violence -- Pakistan -- Sindh ; Violence -- Pakistan -- Sindh ; Dispute resolution (Law) -- Pakistan -- Sindh ; Honor killings -- Pakistan -- Sindh ; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Pakistan -- Sindh ; Family violence -- Pakistan -- Sindh ; Dispute resolution (Law) -- Pakistan -- Sindh

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: HV6197.P182

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 362.82/92095491; ; 364.15230954918;

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation:

HF-A8

Derzeitiger Standort: Ethnologisches Museum

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