{"product_id":"honour-and-violence-gender-power-and-law-in-southern-pakistan-9781785333651","title":"Honour and Violence: Gender, Power and Law in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe practice of \u003cem\u003ekaro kari\u003c\/em\u003e allows family, especially fathers, brothers and sons, to take the lives of their daughters, sisters and mothers if they are accused of adultery. This volume examines the central position of \u003cem\u003ekaro kari\u003c\/em\u003e in the social, political and juridical structures in Upper Sindh, Pakistan. Drawing connections between local contests over marriage and resources, Nafisa Shah unearths deep historical processes and power relations. In particular, she explores how the state justice system and informal mediations inform each other in state responses to \u003cem\u003ekaro kari\u003c\/em\u003e, and how modern law is implicated in this seemingly ancient cultural practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“By examining the circumstances of the violence itself, Shah offers insights into the complex factors motivating honour violence. This study is therefore a significant and welcome addition to the anthropology of honour that, I believe, will change the way we understand honour killings, not only in Pakistan but in any place where people cover up their violence by resorting to arguments of honour.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Anthropos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“As the first sustained ethnographic analysis of accusations and killings in the name of honour, it is an important work that will be of interest, not just to legal anthropologists, but also to gender studies and the anthropology of the state.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is an extremely impressive achievement that makes a significant and substantial contribution to the ethnography of Pakistan and to the broader field of legal anthropology.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e • Hastings Donnan\u003c\/strong\u003e, Queen's University of Belfast\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This landmark study offers a new perspective for understanding and dealing with honour-related violence, demonstrating that honour does not lead to violence but that such violence is strategy ‘masked in honour’.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e • Alison Shaw\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Oxford\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“[Shah] presents her argument with fluency, creativity, and a rare humanistic sensitivity. This has all of the elements that allow a study to age into a classic.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e • Mohammad Talib\u003c\/strong\u003e, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures, Maps and Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tNote on Sindhi Language and Transliteration\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: \u003c\/strong\u003eHonour Violence, Law and Power in Upper Sindh\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: A FRONTIER OF HONOUR VIOLENCE - THE PROBLEM OF \u003cem\u003eKARO KARI\u003c\/em\u003e IN UPPER SINDH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eGhairat\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKaro kari\u003c\/em\u003e and the Spectacles of Violence: How Men and Women Become Black\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Honour Violence, Law and Moral Power in Colonial Sindh\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: HONOUR, MORAL POWER AND LAW - MIRRORING OF LAW IN THE FORMS OF VIOLENCE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eKaro kari\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWali\u003c\/em\u003e and Family Violence: Cultural Violence Mirroring Law\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Violence, Kin Groups and the Feud: The Making of Frontier Justice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: NORMALISING VIOLENCE - THE EVERY DAY WORLD OF UPPER SINDH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Mediations on the Frontier: Ceremonies of Justice, Ceremonies of \u003cem\u003eFaislo\u003c\/em\u003e and the Ideology of \u003cem\u003eKheerkhandr\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Criminal Justice and ‘Legal’ Contests of Honour: Two Case Studies\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Sound of the Silence: Lives, Narratives and Strategies of Runaway and Missing Women of Upper Sindh\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendices\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix I:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Sindh Frontier Regulation, 1872\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix II:\u003c\/strong\u003e Text of the Provisions of \u003cem\u003eQisas\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDiyat\u003c\/em\u003e including subsequent Amendments\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix IIIa:\u003c\/strong\u003e Disposal of \u003cem\u003eKaro Kari\u003c\/em\u003e Cases from 1995–2004\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix IIIb:\u003c\/strong\u003e A Sample with Details Showing Relationship of the Victim, Accused and Complainant\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tGlossary\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042391032151,"sku":"9781785333651","price":23.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785333651.jpg?v=1750954014","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/honour-and-violence-gender-power-and-law-in-southern-pakistan-9781785333651","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}