No shame for the sun : lives of professional Pakistani women
Six candid interviews introduce readers to a class of Muslim women rarely acknowledged in the West. The book aims to shed light on the status, conflicts and social realities of educated Muslim women in Pakistan. They tell of the conflicts and compromises with family and community.
Print Book, English, ©2002
Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York, ©2002
Biography
xxxiv, 454 pages ; 25 cm.
9780815629603, 9780815629795, 0815629605, 0815629796
50114413
Stating the problems : theoretical contemplation
Identity : contested visions of womanhood and society
Violence : woman's body, nation's honor
Legitimacy : in the boots of a feudal lord
Marriage : making a culture of her own
Kinship : the crime of being a widow
Religion : reinterpreting the text, reinventing the self