An anthropological and sociological research driven by ethnographic and theoretical accounts, encouraging the reader to recognize the diversity of issues and dilemmas faced by Pakistani women in a classical patriarchal society that is Pakistan. INDICE: Contents; Foreword; Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; 1.: Introduction: The Multiple Locations and Competing Narratives of Pakistani Women;Sadaf Ahmad; 2.: Within the Walls: Home-Based Work in Lahore; Anita Weiss; 3.: Women in Lok (Folk) Theatre; Fouzia Saeed; 4.: Women and Poverty: Salient Findings from a Gendered Analysis of a Quasi-Anthropological Study in Rural Punjab and Sindh; Lubna Nazir Chaudhry; 5.: Gender, Citizenship, and the Nation State in Pakistan: Wilful Daughters or Free Citizens?; Amina Jamal; 6.: Locatingthe Feminist Voice: The Debate on the Zina Ordinance; Shahnaz Khan; 7.: Gender and the Poetics of Chronic Ill-Health: British Pakistani Experiences; KaveriHarriss; 8.: The Partitions of Self: Mohajir Women's Sense of Identity and Nationhood; Rubina Saigol; 9.: Death and Celebration among Muslim women: A Case Study from Pakistan; Amineh Ahmed.; 10.: Fascination with 'Difference': Democratizing Anthropology, Conducting Fieldwork Among Equals; Shahla Haeri; Notes on Contributors; Bibliography; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-547705-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 326
- Fecha Publicación: 06/05/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés