{"product_id":"sorrow-and-joy-among-muslim-women-the-pukhtuns-of-northern-pakistan-university-of-cambridge-oriental-publications-series-number-63-052105270x","title":"Sorrow and Joy among Muslim Women: The Pukhtuns of Northern Pakistan (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications, Series Number 63)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 052105270X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ahmed, Amineh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pukhtuns are numerically and politically one of the most significant ethno-linguistic groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan. This important study of Pukhtun society concentrates on the lives, thoughts and gham-khadi (funerals-weddings) ceremonies of the women, especially of the elite, wealthy and educated women (Bibiane) who have largely been overlooked in previous studies. Contesting their conventional representation as idle, it illustrates their commitment to various forms of work within familial and social contexts. It challenges the commonly assumed models of contemporary Pakistan society, which make a simplistic divide between rural and urban, Punjab and non-Punjab, and feudal and non-feudal spaces and peoples. It also contributes to broader debates about the nature and expression of elite cultures and issues of sociality, funerals and marriage, custom and religion, space and gender, morality and reason, and social role and personhood within the contexts of Islam in the Middle East and South Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943679394080,"sku":"NEW052105270X","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/sorrow-and-joy-among-muslim-women-the-pukhtuns-of-northern-pakistan-university-of-cambridge-oriental-publications-series-number-63-052105270x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}