Honour and Violence

Gender, Power and Law in Southern Pakistan
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-78533-081-0
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 39, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 591 g

Reihe: New Directions in Anthropology

The practice of karo kari 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 karo kari 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 karo kari, and how modern law is implicated in this seemingly ancient cultural practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shah, Nafisa

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures, Maps and Tables

Preface

Acknowledgements

Note on Sindhi Language and Transliteration

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Honour Violence, Law and Power in Upper Sindh

PART I: A FRONTIER OF HONOUR VIOLENCE - THE PROBLEM OF KARO KARI IN UPPER SINDH

Chapter 1. Ghairat, Karo kari and the Spectacles of Violence: How Men and Women Become Black

Chapter 2. Honour Violence, Law and Moral Power in Colonial Sindh

PART II: HONOUR, MORAL POWER AND LAW - MIRRORING OF LAW IN THE FORMS OF VIOLENCE

Chapter 3. Karo kari, Wali and Family Violence: Cultural Violence Mirroring Law

Chapter 4. Violence, Kin Groups and the Feud: The Making of Frontier Justice

PART III: NORMALISING VIOLENCE - THE EVERY DAY WORLD OF UPPER SINDH

Chapter 5. Mediations on the Frontier: Ceremonies of Justice, Ceremonies of Faislo and the Ideology of Kheerkhandr

Chapter 6. The Criminal Justice and ‘Legal’ Contests of Honour: Two Case Studies

Chapter 7. The Sound of the Silence: Lives, Narratives and Strategies of Runaway and Missing Women of Upper Sindh

Conclusion

Appendices

Appendix I: The Sindh Frontier Regulation, 1872

Appendix II: Text of the Provisions of Qisas and Diyat including subsequent Amendments

Appendix IIIa: Disposal of Karo Kari Cases from 1995–2004

Appendix IIIb: A Sample with Details Showing Relationship of the Victim, Accused and Complainant

Glossary

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Shah, Nafisa
Nafisa Shah is a member of the National Assembly, the Lower House of the Parliament of Pakistan. Shah began her public life as a journalist, later studying social and cultural anthropology at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford, where she received her D.Phil in 2011.

Nafisa Shah is a member of the National Assembly, the Lower House of the Parliament of Pakistan. Shah began her public life as a journalist, later studying social and cultural anthropology at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford, where she received her D.Phil in 2011.