Description
Book SynopsisThe Zina Ordinance is part of the Hadood Ordinances that were promulgated in 1979 by the military dictator, General Zia-ul-Haq. This work argues that the Zina laws help situate morality within the individual, thus de-emphasizing the prevalence of societal immorality.
Trade Review"Khan's emphasis on reading zina laws within a larger politicized context, her problematization of the role of the native informant, and her argument to transcend binary thinking gives a cutting edge to this important work. An excellent book for those in the fields of gender studies, Muslim women, Orientalism, and global politics." - Parin Dossa, author of Politics and Poetics of Migration: Narratives of Iranian Women in the Diaspora"
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Locating the Issue
1 Native Informing on the Zina Ordinance
2 Contextualizing the Zina Ordinance
3 Speaking to the Women
4 Disobedient Daughters, Errant Wives, and Others
5 Current Challenges to the Zina Ordinance
6 A Politics of Transnationality and Reconfigured NativeInforming
Notes
References
Index
