Beyond honour :
Khan, Tahira S.
Beyond honour : a historical materialist explanation of honour related violence / Tahira S. Khan. - Karachi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xxiii, 361 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Honour/passion related violence: locating the kinds and contexts -- Honour, passion and violence: redefining terms, actors and mechanism -- Construction of female sexuality: religious roots -- Challenge of sexual transgression: ancient and modern legal responses -- Pakistan scenario: who suffers? -- Economics determine boundaries -- Love transgresses boundaries -- Society guards boundaries -- Legal system favours perpetrators of violence -- Politics respond to vested interests -- Is there hope for tomorrow?
0195979028 9780195979022
2006299918
HV6250.4.W65 / K483 2006
364.1508209
Beyond honour : a historical materialist explanation of honour related violence / Tahira S. Khan. - Karachi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xxiii, 361 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Honour/passion related violence: locating the kinds and contexts -- Honour, passion and violence: redefining terms, actors and mechanism -- Construction of female sexuality: religious roots -- Challenge of sexual transgression: ancient and modern legal responses -- Pakistan scenario: who suffers? -- Economics determine boundaries -- Love transgresses boundaries -- Society guards boundaries -- Legal system favours perpetrators of violence -- Politics respond to vested interests -- Is there hope for tomorrow?
0195979028 9780195979022
2006299918
HV6250.4.W65 / K483 2006
364.1508209