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Honour Killing: Dilemma, Ritual, Understanding - Hardcover

Jafri, Amir H.

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Synopsis

This book explores the various contexts in which men commit honor killing in Pakistan, and analyzes the discourses that deal with it. It undertakes the task of understanding the possible cultural, religious, historical and, increasingly, political reasons that create the dilemma, the exigency for men to kill a female member of their own family.

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About the Author

Amir H. Jafri is Assistant Professor of Communication at Davis & Elkins College.

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