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Pious Peripheries - Runaway Women in Post-Taliban Afghanistan (Hardcover)
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Pious Peripheries - Runaway Women in Post-Taliban Afghanistan (Hardcover)
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The Taliban made piety a business of the state, and thereby
intervened in the daily lives and social interactions of Afghan
women. Pious Peripheries examines women's resistance through
groundbreaking fieldwork at a women's shelter in Kabul, home to
runaway wives, daughters, mothers, and sisters of the Taliban.
Whether running to seek marriage or divorce, enduring or escaping
abuse, or even accused of singing sexually explicit songs in
public, "promiscuous" women challenge the status quo—and once
marked as promiscuous, women have few resources. This book provides
a window into the everyday struggles of Afghan women as they
develop new ways to challenge historical patriarchal practices.
Sonia Ahsan-Tirmizi explores how women negotiate gendered power
mechanisms, notably those of Islam and Pashtunwali. Sometimes
defined as an honor code, Pashtunwali is a discursive and material
practice that women embody through praying, fasting, oral and
written poetry, and participation in rituals of hospitality and
refuge. In taking ownership of Pashtunwali and Islamic knowledge,
in both textual and oral forms, women create a new supportive
community, finding friendship and solidarity in the margins of
Afghan society. So doing, these women redefine the meanings of
equality, honor, piety, and promiscuity in Afghanistan.
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