No Shame For the Sun: Lives of Professional Pakistani Women (Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East)
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (730 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0815629605 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Impassioned, intelligent voices Finding it ironic that Westerners are most familiar with the veiled, hidden Muslim woman, Haeri, (Iranian-born director of the Women's Studies Program at BU) introduces six unveiled, professional Pakistani women who talk about their families, childhood, marriages, struggles, politics, religion and work. These in-depth interviews reveal cross-cultural commonaliti. Recommended for college-level collections Shahla Haeri's No Shame For The Sun: Lives Of Professional Pakistani Women is recommended for college-level collections specializing in both women's studies and Middle East history. This surveys the lives of professional Pakistani women in chapters which document both political and social thought in Pakistani society.
Conversations with Muslim working women challenge notions of the "veiled" woman as being victimized or unproductive.
Haeri, an American Muslim born in Iran, brings unique qualities to this study, she is knowledgeable about Islam but admittedly still learning about Pakistan. Although many of them have experienced trauma, they have secured autonomous lives of professional achievement, often in arranged marriages. Each individual oral history is supplemented by Haeri's lucid commentary, adding depth and clarity to what outsiders may view as complex class and ethnicity ties. . In this unusual, groundbreaking work, Haeri's subjects are not the customary "veiled women, peasant women, tribal women, urban poor women," but six middle- and upper middle-class educated professional Pakistani women, with whom she has much in common. In each case, Haeri examines the roles of identity, violence, legitimacy, marriage, kinship and re
Shahla haeri is the director of Women's Studies Program at Boston University. . She has published numerous articles and monographs including Law of Desire: Temporary Marriage in Shi'i Iran