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Sorrow and Joy among Muslim Women

The Pukhtuns of Northern Pakistan

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

AvAmineh Ahmed

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The Pukhtuns are numerically and politically one of the most significant ethno-linguistic groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan. This important study of Pukhtun society concentrates on the lives, thoughts and gham-khadi (funerals-weddings) ceremonies of the women, especially of the elite, wealthy and educated women (Bibiane) who have largely been overlooked in previous studies. Contesting their conventional representation as idle, it illustrates their commitment to various forms of work within familial and social contexts. It challenges the commonly assumed models of contemporary Pakistan society, which make a simplistic divide between rural and urban, Punjab and non-Punjab, and feudal and non-feudal spaces and peoples. It also contributes to broader debates about the nature and expression of elite cultures and issues of sociality, funerals and marriage, custom and religion, space and gender, morality and reason, and social role and personhood within the contexts of Islam in the Middle East and South Asia.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2008-02-21
Mått153 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt373 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieUniversity of Cambridge Oriental Publications
Antal sidor240
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9780521052702

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List of plates; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Note on transliteration; Glossary; Introduction; 1. Gham-khādi: framework and fieldwork; 2. From the inside-out: Bibiane's 'dual lives' in and beyond the house; 3. The work of mourning: death and dismay among Bibiane; 4. Celebrating khādi: communal Pukhtun weddings and clandestine internet marriages; 5. The work of gham-khādi: 'not to do gham-khādi is shameful (sharam); to do it a burden'; Conclusion; Appendices; References; Index.

'This work, based on extensive fieldwork in an area inaccessible to those without Dr Ahmed's formidable linguistic skills and cultural experience, is absolutely unique. It is the first major study of Pukhtun women, done with the trained eye of a skilled anthropologist, and obvious respect for her subject matter.' Tamara Sonn, William R. Kenan Jr Distinguished Professor of Humanities, College of William and Mary, Virginia