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Beyond honour : a historical materialist explanation of honour related violence / Tahira S. Khan.

By: Publication details: Karachi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: xxiii, 361 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0195979028
  • 9780195979022
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.1508209  22
LOC classification:
  • HV6250.4.W65 K483 2006
Contents:
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?
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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?

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