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Benazir Bhutto : a multidimensional portrait / Anna Suvorova.
Van Pelt Library DS389.22.B48 S8813 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Suvorova, A. A. (Anna Aronovna), author.
- Standardized Title:
- Benazir Bkhutto. English
- Language:
- English
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- Bhutto, Benazir, 1953-2007.
- Pakistan People's Party--Biography.
- Pakistan People's Party.
- Women prime ministers--Pakistan--Biography.
- Women politicians--Pakistan--Biography.
- Prime ministers--Pakistan--Biography.
- Prime ministers.
- Women politicians.
- Women prime ministers.
- Pakistan.
- Pakistan--Politics and government--1988-1999.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 314 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Karachi, Pakistan Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- The book is devoted to the life and work of Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007), the first female head of a Muslim state. In the late twentieth century, women leaders came to power in a number of states with predominant Muslim populations (Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Turkey). This destroyed the gender stereotype of traditional Muslim society and promoted its modernization and democratization. Benazir Bhutto: A Multidimensional Portrait, makes an all-round study of this phenomenon of international politics, which has deep historical and cultural roots. She has been recognized the world over as a fearless fighter against dictatorship and extremism, and a staunch supporter of peaceful dialogue between Islam and the West. The charismatic personality and tragic fate of Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated in 2007 while campaigning for General Elections, are narrated against the backdrop of the story of the powerful political Bhutto family (to which Benazir belonged), and contemporary political and social life in Pakistan. The narrative to written in close conjunction with the lives of other well-known South Asian politicians. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Women and Power 1
- 2 Heiress to a Glorious Clan 31
- 3 Being a Woman in Pakistan 61
- 4 Myths and Facts 92
- 5 A Life Not Chosen 125
- 6 Triumphal Return 158
- 7 The Clash of Civilizations 189
- 8 Sibling Position 217
- 9 Into the Same River Twice 249
- 10 The Story Ends; Begins the Legend 276.
- Notes:
- Translation of Benazir Bkhutto. Originally published in Russian: Vostochnaya Literatura Publishers, 2013.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-301) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199401727
- 0199401721
- OCLC:
- 908932394
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