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001 2015046295
003 DLC
005 20160101080801.0
008 151222t20162016nyu b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2015046295
020 $a9781785330810 (hardback : alkaline paper)
020 $z9781785330827 (ebook)
040 $aICU/DLC$beng$erda$cICU
042 $apcc
043 $aa-pk---
050 00 $aHV6197.P182$bS57 2016
082 00 $a362.82/92095491$223
100 1 $aShah, Nafisa,$eauthor.
245 10 $aHonour and violence :$bgender, power and law in southern Pakistan /$cNafisa Shah.
263 $a1606
264 1 $aNew York :$bBerghahn Books,$c2016.
264 4 $c©2016
300 $apages ;$ccm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aNew directions in anthropology ;$vv. 39
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aHonor killings$zPakistan$zSindh.
650 0 $aWomen$xLegal status, laws, etc.$zPakistan$zSindh.
650 0 $aFamily violence$zPakistan$zSindh.
650 0 $aViolence$zPakistan$zSindh.
650 0 $aDispute resolution (Law)$zPakistan$zSindh.
830 0 $aNew directions in anthropology ;$vv. 39.