ISBN:
9781785330810
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9781785333651
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
xvii, 283 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten, Diagramme
Ausgabe:
First published
Serie:
New directions in anthropology Volume 39
Serie:
New directions in anthropology
DDC:
362.82/92095491
Schlagwort(e):
Honor killings
;
Women Legal status, laws, etc
;
Family violence
;
Violence
;
Dispute resolution (Law)
;
Honor killings Pakistan
;
Sindh
;
Women Legal status, laws, etc
;
Pakistan
;
Sindh
;
Family violence Pakistan
;
Sindh
;
Dispute resolution (Law) Pakistan
;
Sindh
;
Provinz Sind
;
Ehrenmord
;
Frau
;
Justiz
;
Sind
;
Frau
;
Rechtsstellung
;
Geschichte
;
Sind
;
Familienehre
;
Gewalttätigkeit
;
Ehrenmord
;
Geschichte
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
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.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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