Honour and Violence: Gender, Power and Law in Southern Pakistan

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The practice of karo kari allows family, especially fathers, brothers and sons, to take the lives of their daughters, sisters and mothers if they are accused of adultery. This volume examines the central position of karo kari in the social, political and juridical structures in Upper Sindh, Pakistan. Drawing connections between local contests over marriage and resources, Nafisa Shah unearths deep historical processes and power relations. In particular, she explores how the state justice system and informal mediations inform each other in state responses to karo kari, and how modern law is implicated in this seemingly ancient cultural practice. Dedication Contents List of Figures, Maps and Tables Preface Acknowledgements Note on Sindhi Language and Transliteration List of Abbreviations Introduction. Honour Violence, Law and Power in Upper Sindh Part I: A Frontier of Honour Violence: The Problem of Karo kari in Upper Sindh 1. Ghairat, Karo kari and the Spectacles of Violence: How Men and Women Become Black 2. Honour Violence, Law and Moral Power in Colonial Sindh Part II: Honour, Moral Power and Law: Mirroring of Law in the Forms of Violence 3. Karo kari, Wali and Family Violence: Cultural Violence Mirroring Law 4. Violence, Kin Groups and the Feud: The Making of Frontier Justice Part III: Normalizing Violence: The Everyday World of Upper Sindh 5. Mediations on the Frontier: Ceremonies of Justice, Ceremonies of Faislo and the Ideology of Kheerkhandr 6. The Criminal Justice and ‘Legal’ Contests of Honour: Two Case Studies 7. The Sound of the Silence: Lives, Narratives and Strategies of Runaway and Missing Women of Upper Sindh Conclusion. Karyan Ja Kabrustan: The Imaginary Burial Grounds for Black Women Appendix I. The Sindh Frontier Regulation, 1872 Appendix II. Extracts of Provisions of Qisas and Diyat Inserted into the Pakistan Penal Code, Including Subsequent Amendments Appendix IIIA. Disposal of Karo Kari Cases, 1995–2004 Appendix IIIB. A Sample with Details Showing Relationship of the Victim, Accused and Complainant Glossary Bibliography Index