Zina, transnational feminism, and the moral regulation of Pakistani women / Shahnaz Khan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khan, Shahnaz.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex discrimination against women--Pakistan.

Sex discrimination against women.

Women--Religious aspects--Islam.

Women.

Women (Islamic law)--Pakistan.

Women (Islamic law).

Fornication (Islamic law).

Women--Pakistan--Social conditions.

Feminism--International cooperation.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Zina Ordinance is part of the Hadood Ordinances that were promulgated in 1979 by the military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq, a self-proclaimed president of Pakistan. Since then, tens of thousands of Pakistani women have been charged and incarcerated under the ordinance, which governs illicit sex. Although most of these women are subsequently released for lack of evidence, they spend months or years in jail before trial. To date, these laws still remain in effect, despite international calls for their repeal. Over a five-year-period, Shahnaz Khan interviewed women incarcerated under the zina laws in Pakistan. She argues that the zina laws help situate morality within the individual, thus de-emphasizing the prevalence of societal injustice. She also examines the production and reception of knowledge in the west about women in the third world, identifying a productive tension between living in the west and doing research in the third world. She concludes that transnational feminist solidarity can help women identify the linkages between the local and global and challenge oppressive practices internationally. This analysis will appeal to scholars and students of gender, law, human rights, and Islamic/Middle Eastern studies.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Important Dates

Acknowledgments

Acronyms

Introduction

Native Informing on the Zina Ordinance

Contextualizing the Zina Ordinance

Speaking to the Women

Disobedient Daughters, Errant Wives, and Others

Current Challenges to the Zina Ordinance

A Politics of Transnationality and Reconfigured Native Informing

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [134]-144) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-74120-9

9786612741203

0-7748-5524-X

OCLC:

243587588

Publisher Number:

9780774812856