Honour and Violence: Gender, Power and Law in Southern Pakistan

Dedication
Contents
List of Figures, Maps and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Note on Sindhi Language and Transliteration
List of Abbreviations
Introduction. Honour Violence, Law and Power in Upper Sindh
Part I: A Frontier of Honour Violence: The Problem of Karo kari in Upper Sindh
	1. Ghairat, Karo kari and the Spectacles of Violence: How Men and Women Become Black
	2. Honour Violence, Law and Moral Power in Colonial Sindh
Part II: Honour, Moral Power and Law: Mirroring of Law in the Forms of Violence
	3. Karo kari, Wali and Family Violence: Cultural Violence Mirroring Law
	4. Violence, Kin Groups and the Feud: The Making of Frontier Justice
Part III: Normalizing Violence: The Everyday World of Upper Sindh
	5. Mediations on the Frontier: Ceremonies of Justice, Ceremonies of Faislo and the Ideology of Kheerkhandr
	6. The Criminal Justice and ‘Legal’ Contests of Honour: Two Case Studies
	7. The Sound of the Silence: Lives, Narratives and Strategies of Runaway and Missing Women of Upper Sindh
Conclusion. Karyan Ja Kabrustan: The Imaginary Burial Grounds for Black Women
Appendix I. The Sindh Frontier Regulation, 1872
Appendix II. Extracts of Provisions of Qisas and Diyat Inserted into the Pakistan Penal Code, Including Subsequent Amendments
Appendix IIIA. Disposal of Karo Kari Cases, 1995–2004
Appendix IIIB. A Sample with Details Showing Relationship of the Victim, Accused and Complainant
Glossary
Bibliography
Index