Zenana
Subtitle: Everyday Peace in a Karachi Apartment Building
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: December 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780253348241
Subjects: Asian studies; Ethnography; Sociology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; India; Anthropology - Cultural; Women's Studies - General; Ethnic relations; Karachi (Pakistan); Social conditions
Description: Presenting an ethnographic study of a multi-ethnic, middle-class high-rise apartment building in Karachi, Pakistan, this book argues that peace is the product of a relentless daily labour, much of it carried out in the zenana, or women's space. It provides a glimpse into contemporary urban life in a Muslim society.