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Cambridge University Press Sorrow and Joy among Muslim Women: The Pukhtuns of Northern Pakistan: 63 (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications, Series Number 63)

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The Pukhtuns are numerically and politically one of the most significant ethno-linguistic groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan. This important study of Pukhtun society concentrates on the lives, thoughts and gham-khadi (funerals-weddings) ceremonies of the women, especially of the elite, wealthy and educated women (Bibiane) who have largely been overlooked in previous studies. Contesting their conventional representation as idle, it illustrates their commitment to various forms of work within familial and social contexts. It challenges the commonly assumed models of contemporary Pakistan society, which make a simplistic divide between rural and urban, Punjab and non-Punjab, and feudal and non-feudal spaces and peoples. It also contributes to broader debates about the nature and expression of elite cultures and issues of sociality, funerals and marriage, custom and religion, space and gender, morality and reason, and social role and personhood within the contexts of Islam in the Middle East and South Asia. Review 'This work, based on extensive fieldwork in an area inaccessible to those without Dr Ahmed's formidable linguistic skills and cultural experience, is absolutely unique. It is the first major study of Pukhtun women, done with the trained eye of a skilled anthropologist, and obvious respect for her subject matter.' Tamara Sonn, William R. Kenan Jr Distinguished Professor of Humanities, College of William and Mary, Virginia'This work is sensitive, timely and anthropologically sophisticated and will add considerable nuance to the understanding of the nature of life in Pakistan today.' Caroline Humphrey, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge'With her sophisticated sense of ethnic and religious identity in northern Pakistan, Amineh Ahmed has drawn on her own exceptional eye for detail and the voices of the people to render a brilliant portrait of women, power and the key life-cycle rituals that create and confirm social obligation. Her humane and incisive account has profound implications for understanding not only Pukhtun culture but the very nature of form and ambiguity in social and religious life generally.' Lawrence Rosen, Cromwell Professor of Anthropology, Princeton University'Sorrow and Joy among Muslim Women is an important study as it challenges some conventional male perspectives of Pakhtun ethnography and also contributes to the anthropology of elites in South Asia.' Rezensionen'… fascinating ethnography … The book is well written; it is short and tight, yet full of good stories and clever insights. … a serious and important contribution to the ethnography of the Northwest Frontier Province, to the study of elites, and to feminist anthropology.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Book Description Study of the lives, thoughts and gham-khadi (funerals-weddings) ceremonies of Pukhtun women, especially of the elite. About the Author Amineh Ahmed Hoti is a member of the Faculty of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge and a Visiting Scholar at Lucy Cavendish College, where she leads a society for interfaith dialogue.

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Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0521861691
Category: Books > Subjects > Religion & Spirituality > Islam > History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 21 September 2006
Listed Since: 01 February 2007

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