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This book explains phenomenon of suicide based on ethnographic
research which was conducted at Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan. It
discusses those social situations in which the event of suicide
takes place and highlights all those factors which makes suicide
the only refuge for a person. It discusses how socio- economic
factors including age and marital status affect ratio of suicide.
It explains various methods used for committing suicide. It also
elucidate whether suicide is an individual's act or a social issue.
It also discusses how suicide is perceived by the community and the
organizational response towards suicide cases.
Gold is highly valued object not only for its economic worth &
being unit of investment but also for its socio-aesthetical
reasons. The main theme of this book deals with different aspects
of gold jewellery in connections with various socio-religious
dimensions. This anthropological study has been conducted in the
famous Gold Market known as 'Sarafa Bazar' located in the city of
Rawalpindi, Pakistan.It discusses how the use of gold jewellery
turns into a social phenomenon and becomes a part of society,
religion and aesthetics.It presents an anthropological account of
the entire process of skill acquisition of gold craftsmen, the
motifs and designs of jewellery, the aesthetic value attached to
them and above all what makes it illumination of one's social
class, rank and status. In short, this book illustrates how
material objects become meaningful in our social life and find
their place in culture.
Discussion related to sex and reproduction is somehow considered
taboo subject for women living in traditional cultures.
Reproductive Health is a neglected issue among majority of rural
women. This book draws its data from ethnographic study conducted
in village Burhan, District Attock, Pakistan. The principal
objective of the study was to explore socio-cultural context in
which process of reproduction takes place. Key research questions
which this study tries to answer include how women complete
different stages of reproductive cycle (Pregnancy, Delivery and
Confinement), their right to decide the number and spacing of
children, their consent for marriage and equality in Marriage,
nature of spousal communication on fertility related issues, access
and information related to appropriate family planning services and
their right to safe abortion and post abortion care. The findings
of this study suggest strengthening of socio-economic status of
women in order to give them a sense of belonging, responsibility
and role in contributing towards the development of the society as
a whole.
Fertility Behaviour of Rural Women in Pakistan illustrates an
anthropological perspective of all social and cultural factors
which affect the ideas, attitudes and beliefs of rural women that
underpin their fertility behaviour and eventually the process of
fertility decline. The principal objective of the research was to
explore the relationship between social norms, individual beliefs
and fertility. The main argument, which emerged from this study, is
that the large family has immense social and cultural significance
for variety of reasons related to status, prestige, income and
security. This study also highlighted this fact that women
subjugated position does not really allow them to effectively
participate in the decision making process with regards to
fertility regulation because of the social constraints and
culturally or traditionally defined norms. Thus, the fertility of a
woman is not actually controlled by her; rather the social
environment in which she lives.
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