Honour violence, law and power : a study of Karo kari in Upper Sindh

Honour violence, law and power : a study of Karo kari in Upper Sindh

The present thesis is a study of the cultural practice of honour-related violence, called karo kari, in Upper Sindh, Pakistan, which is also the area I work in and belong to. My study is informed by my own experiences in the field which allowed me to observe this practice from multiple perspectives:...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shah, Nafisa
Published:	University of Oxford 2010
Subjects:	364.15082
Online Access:	http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.550583

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