The upstairs wife : an intimate history of Pakistan
Zakaria, Rafia, 1978-2016
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Rafia Zakaria's Muslim-Indian family emigrated to Pakistan from Bombay in 1962, feeling the situation for Muslims in India was precarious and that Pakistan represented enormous promise. Her family prospered, and the city prospered. But in the 1980s, Pakistan's military dictators began an Islamization campaign designed to legitimate their rule. The political became personal for Zakaria's family when her Aunt Amina's husband did the unthinkable and took a second wife, a betrayal of kin and custom that shook the foundation of her family. This book dissects the complex strands of Pakistani history, from the problematic legacies of colonialism to the beginnings of terrorist violence to increasing misogyny, interweaving them with the arc of Amina's life to reveal the personal costs behind ever-more restrictive religious edicts and cultural conventions.
Main title:
The upstairs wife : an intimate history of Pakistan / Rafia Zakaria.
Author:
Zakaria, Rafia, 1978-, author
Imprint:
Boston : Beacon Press, 2016.Boston : Beacon Press, 2016.
Collation:
224 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780807080467 (pbk)
Dewey class:
954.91830509252954.918305 ZAK
Language:
English
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BRN:
1833718