In the Shadow of Shari’ah. Book review: Pakistani Women – Multiple Locations and Competing Narratives. The theoretical and ethnographic studies included in this volume make meaningful contributions to authentic knowledge. The theoretical and ethnographic studies included in this volume make meaningful contributions to authentic knowledge. Scholarship on Pakistani women often ends up portraying them as a homogenous, powerless group living under the oppression of patriarchal and religious hegemony.
The complexity, socio-economic context and the ‘lived’ reality of their experiences is often ignored. While this approach neatly dovetails with the grand western narratives of Third World women, the women themselves are reduced to cardboard cutouts of their real selves. Pakistani Women: Multiple Locations and Competing Narratives attempts to break the mould — academics and activists go beyond the documented lives of Pakistani women in a collection of ten essays. Pluto Press - Military Inc. This site uses cookies to store some basic information on your computer.
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