Beyond honour: a historical materialist explanation of honour related violence/
Tahira S. Khan
- Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2006.
- xxiii, 361 p. ; 23 cm.
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?
9780195979022
Women--Violence against Patriarchy Honor--Social aspects Honor killings Sex discrimination against women Women's rights